PYONGYANG: North Korea has denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that the country demanded total sanctions relief during a failed summit in Hanoi. The North’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho was speaking after talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended without agreement. He said they asked only for partial sanctions relief in exchange for disabling its main nuclear complex. But in return Kim wanted all sanctions lifted, something the US was not prepared to offer, Trump added. At a late-night news conference after Thursday’s summit, Ri said his country had made “realistic” proposals, including the complete decommissioning of Yongbyon, under the watch of US observers.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2019 17:37 UTC