Thursday 28 February 2019

Vietnam summit: US president blames disagreement over sanctions for no deal

Donald Trump says North Korea wanted all sanctions lifted in return for partial denuclearisation

Donald Trump has said that a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un broke down over the issue of sanctions, after the talks in Vietnam ended early with no deal.

“It was about the sanctions basically,” Trump said at a press conference in Hanoi. “They wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn’t do that ... sometimes you have to walk, and this was just one of those times.”

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