; (2) until such time as denuclearization is achieved— (A) to deter North Korea from using weapons of mass destruction or leveraging those weapons to coerce United States allies; (B) to contain attempts by North Korea to proliferate such weapons and technologies; (C) to sustain United States and multilateral efforts to reduce the risk of conflict on the Korean Peninsula; and (D) to continue the maximum pressure campaign against North Korea and its enablers, in cooperation with the United Nations and the international community; (3) should diplomacy and deterrence fail to result in the complete, verifiable denuclearization of North Korea, to reserve the right to utilize all available options to protect and defend United States national security interests and meet United States treaty obligations; and (4) to uphold the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and not recognize North Korea as a legitimate nuclear weapons state. (b) Diplomacy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to pursue diplomatic engagement with the North Korean regime for the purposes of— (A) advancing meaningful negotiations regarding denuclearization, including the Government of North Korea abandoning and dismantling its provocative missile and nuclear weapons programs, ceasing its proliferation activities, and coming into compliance with all relevant international agreements and United Nations Security Council resolutions; (B) reducing the risks of military miscalculation; and (C) creating opportunities for the development of confidence building measures; (2) to formulate and carry out policy affecting the Korean Peninsula in close cooperation with United States allies, particularly the Republic of Korea; (3) to encourage all nations to deny North Korea the right to maintain diplomatic missions on foreign soil until such time as the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea takes credible and verifiable steps toward denuclearization