Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea's latest revelations about its uranium-enrichment program confirm the country's long-term deceit, U.S. and South Korean diplomats said Monday.
The country's nuclear program was never an "if"; it was always a "when," North Korean watchers underscored.
Calling the uranium-enrichment program "provocative," Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special envoy on North Korean denuclearization, said Monday, "That being said, this is not a crisis. We're not surprised by this".
"We have been watching and analyzing [North Korea's] aspirations to produce enriched uranium for sometime".
Bosworth, speaking following a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, will also be meeting his Chinese and Japanese counterparts on a tour of the region.
He added that he hoped for a resumption of moribund six-party denuclearization talks. However, Seoul and Washington have said that they are not prepared to return to the negotiating table unless there are clear indications that Pyongyang is coming in good faith.
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