A trio of nuclear negotiators who have attempted to solve the North Korean nuclear riddle agree: The U.S. should not recognize the North as a nuclear power, regardless of their capabilities.

NK News discussed the prospects for nuclear negotiations with Ambassadors Stephen Bosworth, Jack Pritchard and Charles Kartman. Bosworth was the U.S. point man for negotiations with North Korea from 2009-11, while Kartman led North Korean talks in the late 1990s, after which he was succeeded by Pritchard from 2001-03.

Bosworth said he believed that negotiations with the North would start again, whether as bilateral, four-party, or a resumption of