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North Korea Says Trump Intends to Lift Sanctions Against Regime

No public statements from Trump on removing penalties
China is indicating it wants UN sanctions to be lifted soon

Park Strategies’ Sean King and Arms Control Association’s Daryl Kimball talk about talks between Trump and Kim.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Andy Sharp

June 13, 2018 at 4:09 AM UTC

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Donald Trump offered to lift sanctions against his regime when they met Tuesday in Singapore, state media reported, a claim that contrasts with the U.S. president’s rhetoric that the economic strictures would remain.

The report from the Korean Central News Agency, which was published after Kim returned home from his meeting, noted Trump’s vow to suspend U.S. military drills in South Korea. It also said Trump committed to unspecified “security guarantees” for Pyongyang, and to “lift sanctions against it.”