U.S. ready for talks and sanctions for North Korea

The United States is ready to
hold talks with North Korea if the conditions are right but
will also press U.N. sanctions to punish Pyongyang for its
nuclear and missile tests, a senior envoy for Asia said on
Saturday.
"We have to be clear that under the right circumstances, we
should be prepared to sit down with North Korea if they would
abandon their nuclear ambitions," U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State Kurt Campbell said upon arriving in Seoul ahead of talks
with South Korean officials.
"There have to be consequences for these provocative
actions so the United States is working in the international
community, with the United Nations, to put forward a robust set
of sanctions and unilateral actions that are designed to send a
clear message to Pyongyang," he was quoted as saying by Reuters.