A senior North Korean official contradicted Trump on Thursday, denying that his country had insisted on the removal of all sanctions in return for dismantling a key nuclear facility
A senior North Korean official contradicted President Donald Trump on Thursday, denying that his country had insisted on the removal of all sanctions in return for dismantling a key nuclear facility.
In a rare news conference addressing the reason why nuclear talks broke down in Hanoi early Thursday, North Korea's minister of Foreign Affairs, Ri Yong-ho, added that his country would dismantle the facility if some U.S. sanctions are first lifted.Ri asked the "U.S.
Trump during a news conference earlier Thursday said North Korea "wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety" in return for dismantling Yongbyon. Trump said he walked away from his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because of the request. "They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that," Trump said.
Trump noted that Yongbyon is just one part of North Korea's nuclear program and that "there's plenty left after that."
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