Sanctions on N Korea to Be Lifted Only After Denuclearization - Pentagon Chief
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| US Defense Secretary James Mattis. |
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday, that the sanctions imposed on North Korea can only be lifted after Pyongyang demonstrates that it has taken 'irreversible steps to denuclearization," as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.
These words echo the statement of the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, who said in May that Washington plans to allow private investments and provide "sanctions relief" if the North Korean government dismantles its nuclear arsenal.
A historic inter-Korean summit in the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27 prompted a thaw in the relations with Washington, and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet with Kim in Singapore on June 12 to discuss the situation on the peninsula and possible sanctions relief in exchange for denuclearization.
A historic inter-Korean summit in the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27 prompted a thaw in the relations with Washington, and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet with Kim in Singapore on June 12 to discuss the situation on the peninsula and possible sanctions relief in exchange for denuclearization.
