Update at 1330 EST: This article has been updated to include additional expert comments. 

U.S. President Donald Trump told world leaders at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday that North Korea must denuclearize if it’s to reach its potential.

Speaking in New York, the U.S. president took the podium at the UN to deliver a speech focused on sovereignty which only briefly touched on North Korea.

“I have told Kim Jong Un what I truly believe — that like Iran, his country is full of tremendous untapped potential. But that to realize that promise, North Korea must denuclearize,” Trump