North Korea made a realistic proposal at a summit between its leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump but Washington insisted Pyongyang take one more step beyond dismantling its Yongbyon nuclear complex, North Korea's foreign minister says. Minister Ri Yong Ho told a news conference on Friday that Pyongyang had offered to permanently dismantle all its nuclear material production including plutonium and uranium observed by US experts. Ri added North Korea asked Washington to lift partial sanctions, not entirely, contradicting Trump's claim earlier. Trump said he had walked away from a nuclear deal at the Hanoi summit on Thursday because of unacceptable demands from the North Korean leader to lift US-led sanctions. Australian Associated Press
North Korea says it offered to dismantle all its nuclear production but the US rejected it.
North Korea made a realistic proposal at a summit between its leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump but Washington insisted Pyongyang take one more step beyond dismantling its Yongbyon nuclear complex, North Korea's foreign minister says.
Minister Ri Yong Ho told a news conference on Friday that Pyongyang had offered to permanently dismantle all its nuclear material production including plutonium and uranium observed by US experts.
Ri added North Korea asked Washington to lift partial sanctions, not entirely, contradicting Trump's claim earlier.
Trump said he had walked away from a nuclear deal at the Hanoi summit on Thursday because of unacceptable demands from the North Korean leader to lift US-led sanctions.
