The United States bears “no hostile intent” toward North Korea and is prepared to meet for negotiations without any preconditions, principal deputy spokesperson for the state department Jalina Porter said on Monday. Porter was responding to questions by reporters on South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s claims that the United States, China, and North Korea have all agreed “in principle” to call an end to the 1950–1953 Korean War. Moon noted that South Korea has yet to enter negotiations with its northern neighbor because North Korea insists that any formal treaty to end the Korean War, which ended in a truce, must first be preceded by an end to U.S. “hostilities” toward Pyongyang. “We certainly have no hostile intent towards the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea]. We’re certainly prepared to meet without preconditions, and we hope the DPRK will respond positively to our outreach,” Porter said. The United States is …