Biden approach to North Korea nuclear policy 'not aimed at hostility': White House

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan responded to rebukes from Pyongyang by affirming that President Biden's approach toward North Korea is "not aimed at hostility" but rather at "complete denuclearization."

"Our policy toward North Korea is not aimed at hostility, it’s aimed at solutions," Sullivan told ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz. "It’s aimed at ultimately achieving the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. We’re prepared to engage in diplomacy towards that ultimate objective, but work on practical measures that can help us make progress along the way toward that goal. "We believe, rather than all for all or nothing for nothing, a more calibrated, practical measured approach stands the best chance of actually moving the ball down the field towards reducing the challenge posed by North Korea’s nuclear program," Sullivan added.