Swordsmyth
12-22-2018, 12:49 AM
Washington is willing to discuss trust-building initiatives with Pyongyang, a US envoy said Friday, as the Trump administration tries to revive efforts to convince Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
"The United States has no intention of easing our unilateral or United Nations sanctions" on Pyongyang, stressed Stephen Biegun, the US Special Representative for North Korea.
"However, within the context of the engagement that we have with the DPRK (North Korea), we are prepared to explore number of other things that could build trust.
"We do have a number of initiatives we'd like to look at as we begin the process of denuclearisation in North Korea."
Biegun's comments come a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope that a second Trump-Kim summit can be scheduled for early 2019.
The US envoy declined to detail the initiatives, but he has previously said Washington will be more lenient in enforcing a blanket travel ban in cases where Americans are heading to North Korea for humanitarian assistance.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/us-willing-discuss-trust-building-n-korea-envoy-064514224.html
"The United States has no intention of easing our unilateral or United Nations sanctions" on Pyongyang, stressed Stephen Biegun, the US Special Representative for North Korea.
"However, within the context of the engagement that we have with the DPRK (North Korea), we are prepared to explore number of other things that could build trust.
"We do have a number of initiatives we'd like to look at as we begin the process of denuclearisation in North Korea."
Biegun's comments come a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope that a second Trump-Kim summit can be scheduled for early 2019.
The US envoy declined to detail the initiatives, but he has previously said Washington will be more lenient in enforcing a blanket travel ban in cases where Americans are heading to North Korea for humanitarian assistance.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/us-willing-discuss-trust-building-n-korea-envoy-064514224.html