00:00North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang could get along with Washington,
00:05but only if the United States recognizes its status as a nuclear power.
00:10Speaking at the close of the Workers' Party Congress,
00:13Kim ruled out any reconciliation with South Korea.
00:20Washington and Seoul have been pushing to resume high-level talks,
00:23but their efforts have so far been ignored by Pyongyang.
00:27US President Donald Trump has said he is open to meeting Kim
00:30with a possible summit in China later this year.
00:34The last Trump-Kim summit in 2019 collapsed over sanctions and nuclear disagreements.
00:40Kim also shut the door on closer ties with South Korea,
00:43saying he would permanently exclude Seoul as a compatriot.
00:48A grand military parade closed the Party Congress
00:51as Kim vowed to further expand North Korea's nuclear arsenal.
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