As Kim Jong Un's long-awaited year-end deadline for talks with the U.S. finally arrives, the Trump administration's position on sanctions relief for North Korea — widely agreed to be one of Pyongyang's most pressing demands in a months' long diplomatic stalemate with Washington — appears to be unchanged: Not yet.
The latest evidence: The U.S. State Department reiterated to NK News on Tuesday that it still will not support a proposal from China and Russia that would remove some of the punishing UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions targeting North Korea.
As Kim Jong Un's long-awaited year-end deadline for talks with the U.S. finally arrives, the Trump administration's position on sanctions relief for North Korea — widely agreed to be one of Pyongyang's most pressing demands in a months' long diplomatic stalemate with Washington — appears to be unchanged: Not yet.
The latest evidence: The U.S. State Department reiterated to NK News on Tuesday that it still will not support a proposal from China and Russia that would remove some of the punishing UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions targeting North Korea.
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