North Korea’s foreign minister has warned of increasing "mistrust" between Pyongyang and Washington DC, announcing that his country would not take the first steps towards denuclearisation without further guarantees from the Trump administration.
N orth Korea ‘s foreign minister has warned of increasing «mistrust» between Pyongyang and Washington DC, announcing that his country would not take the first steps towards denuclearisation without further guarantees from the Trump administration.
Ri Yong-ho, addressing the United Nations general assembly on Saturday, said North Korea was growing frustrated at the slow progress since the June summit between Donald Trump, the US president, and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader.
Mr Kim has said he would permanently dismantle North Korea’s main nuclear complex, but only if the United States takes unspecified corresponding measures, and he promised to accept international inspectors to monitor the closing of a key missile test site and launch pad.
But Mr Ri said the North has not seen «see any corresponding response» from Washington — only an increasing emphasis on sanctions.
