Pompeo says he has been emphas­ising to countr­ies the import­ance of econom­ic pressu­re on North KoreaSINGAPORE: North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with “alarming” impatience on the issue of denuclearisation, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. Pompeo sets off for North Korea nuclear talksWhen Pompeo met with North Korean officials in Pyongyang last month to flesh out the regime’s commitment, they condemned his “gangster-like” insistence that the North move towards unilateral disarmament. As well as the US and North Korea, it includes foreign ministers from China, Russia, South Korea and Japan, all countries traditionally involved in efforts to curtail the North’s nuclear ambition. At the meeting, the US delegation also delivered a letter from Trump intended for Kim, by passing it to Ri, Pompeo said in a tweet. On sanctions, Pompeo singled out Russia after reports suggested Moscow breached the measures by granting work permits to North Korean workers.

Source: The Express Tribune August 04, 2018 11:48 UTC