US president predicts 'tremendous success' in talks with North Korea
World | March 11, 2018 9:42 ISTThe US President applauded the cooperation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regarding North Korea.
The US President applauded the cooperation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regarding North Korea.
Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) on Friday after announcing he was willing to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
"This meeting would not take place without concrete actions that match the promises made by North Korea," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.
The US has imposed new sanctions on North Korea for using chemical warfare agent VX to assassinate Kim Jong Un's half-brother, the State Department said on Wednesday.
The comments were made after South Korean officials returned from a visit to the North, where they met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
North Korea's state media said Kim expressed his desire to "write a new history of national reunification" during a dinner on Monday night that Seoul said lasted about four hours.
The North’s delegation also agreed that “South-North relations and U.S.-North Korean relations should be improved together,” South Korea's presidential office said.
The administration billed it as the largest installment of North Korean economic restrictions to date as it intensifies its campaign of "maximum pressure" to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
President Donald Trump was set to announce the action at the Conservative Political Action Conference, followed by a public announcement from the Treasury Department.
President Donald Trump was set to announce the action at the Conservative Political Action Conference, followed by a public announcement from the Treasury Department.
A potential meeting between Pence and the North Koreans had been the most highly anticipated moment of the vice president’s visit to Pyeongchang, South Korea, where he led the U.S delegation to the opening ceremonies.
According to the Prime Minister's Office , Lee hosted the luncheon from noon at a hotel in eastern Seoul. reports Xinhua news agency.
The debut against Switzerland came just 24 hours after an extraordinary opening ceremony a few miles away was marked by signs of unity between the two rivals.
The verbal message to come at a “convenient time” from dictator Kim Jong Un, delivered by his visiting little sister, Kim Yo Jong, is part of a sudden rush of improving feelings between the rivals during the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The North Korean delegates briefly met a group of South Korean officials, including Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, who greeted them at the airport, according to the ministry.
"Both leaders expressed concern about the political crisis in Maldives and the importance of respect for democratic institutions and rule of law," the White House said in a readout of the phone call between Trump and Modi.
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