PressTV-US threatens more sanctions ahead of N Korea summit

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will not lift economic sanctions against North Korea until Pyongyang fully eliminates its nuclear weapons capability.

A complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization “is the only outcome that the United States will accept,” Pompeo told reporters on Monday in Singapore. “If diplomacy doesn’t move in the right direction, sanctions will increase.”

The stern warning came ahead of a historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Tuesday.

Trump and Kim arrived in Singapore on Sunday to hold the first ever face-to-face meeting between leaders of the two countries, which have remained enemies since the 1950-1953 Korean War.

Officials from the two countries are holding discussions to narrow the differences and make the final preparations for the anticipated summit.

Pompeo said the negotiations are “moving quite rapidly and…

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