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Trump says S. Korea won't lift sanctions without U.S. approval: Yonhap

Lim Chang-won Reporter(cwlim34@ajunews.com) | Posted : October 11, 2018, 07:49 | Updated : October 11, 2018, 07:49
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out the possibility of South Korea lifting sanctions on North Korea without approval from the United States.

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said earlier that Seoul has been reviewing whether to remove unilateral sanctions that were imposed on North Korea following its deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in 2010.

"Well, they won't do it without our approval," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They do nothing without our approval." He reaffirmed when asked if he had been contacted, "Yes, they do nothing without our approval."

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been eager to improve relations with North Korea in order to induce its denuclearization and bring lasting peace to the divided peninsula. An easing of sanctions would be in line with North Korea's wishes, along with a joint declaration with the U.S. to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War.

A State Department spokesperson said the U.S. and South Korea are committed to "close coordination on our unified response to North Korea." But the official added, in an email to Yonhap, that "President Trump has been very clear that sanctions relief will follow denuclearization, and the sooner we get to that point the sooner we can lift sanctions."

The Trump administration has credited its pressure campaign, involving tightened sanctions, with bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to discuss the dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program.

Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sat down in Singapore in June for the first-ever summit between the two countries. Kim committed to work toward "complete" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from the U.S. Trump said Tuesday that a second summit will be held after the November 6 U.S. midterm elections in one of three or four possible locations.
(Yonhap)

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