Trump brushes off North Korea's sanctions violations
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event about expanding health coverage options for small businesses and workers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, June 14. AFP-Yonhap |
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to downplay North Korea's violation of sanctions, Friday, saying "everybody" tries to skirt them.
Trump has seemed eager to keep diplomacy with North Korea alive despite the failure of his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in February and the North's launching of short-range missiles last month.
On Tuesday he revealed that he had received another "beautiful" letter from Kim and expressed optimism about the future of U.S. dealings with the regime.
"Everybody tries to break sanctions, but the sanctions are hurting them badly," Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News when asked about North Korea's alleged violation of sanctions through ship-to-ship transfers at sea.
'Economic sanctions on North Korea may be lifted' 2019-06-14 18:48 | Politics 'Moon's peace drive facing challenges' 2019-06-14 17:04 | Politics North Korean media call for reconciliation ahead of June 15 Joint Declaration anniversary 2019-06-14 17:13 | North Korea "We never took the sanctions off," he said.
Trump continued to note that the U.S. has a "good relationship" with North Korea unlike before, when the regime was testing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles capable of reaching the U.S.
"You don't see that now. You don't see it now. We're in a much different position," he said. "I'm in no rush. We'll take it nice and easy."
Trump also said earlier in the week that he was in no rush to strike a deal with the regime. Meanwhile, negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have effectively been at a standstill since the February summit in Vietnam ended without an agreement.
The breakdown was attributed to differences over the scope of North Korea's denuclearization and sanctions relief from the U.S.
"I could've made a deal there very easily, but I want to make a deal that means something," Trump said. "I could've walked out with a deal with North Korea."
Trump and Kim held their historic first summit in Singapore on June 12 last year and committed to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security guarantees for Pyongyang.
"I'm in no rush. They're not testing nuclear. They're not testing anything," Trump said. "They sent some short-range missiles out that everybody else does, too. They're not testing." (Yonhap)
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