Pence said that the United States would soon unveil the « toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever. »
U. S.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks with a Japanese Ground
Self-Defense Force officer as he inspects PAC-3 missile
interceptors with Japan’s Defense Minister Onodera at the Defense
Ministry in Tokyo Thomson
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – U. S. Vice President Mike Pence said on
Wednesday that Washington would soon unveil its toughest ever
economic sanctions on North Korea as part of a push to get
Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.
Pence, speaking to reporters after talks with Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe, said that the United States would soon
unveil the « toughest and most aggressive round of economic
sanctions on North Korea ever. »
Calling North Korea the « most tyrannical and oppressive regime on
the planet, » Pence said the United States and its allies
including Japan would keep maximum pressure on Pyongyang until it
took steps toward « complete, verifiable and irreversible »
denuclearization.
