North Korea’s state-run media on Monday accused the Trump administration of reverting to a “sanctions and pressures strategy,” warning that the policy could impede President Trump’s goal of improving relations between Washington and Pyongyang.

The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), denounced the U.S. State and Treasury departments for not lifting sanctions on the DPRK.

In an editorial titled “There is nothing to be gained from ‘pressure diplomacy,’” the DPRK’s high-circulation daily newspaper said State Department officials had made the “outrageous claim” that enforcement of sanctions would increase the U.S.’s negotiation power.

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