Michael A. McFaul, a Senior Director of Russian Affairs at the US National Security Council, delivered the keynote address.

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In the US, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said "the characterisation of Zionism as a crime against humanity... is offensive and wrong".

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But a senior US official from the National Security Council warned that, given the North's unpredictable behaviour, it was "premature to celebrate it as good news".

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