Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Kim Jong-un
2018-06-01 09:50:10 source：Aljazeera
May 31, 2018
Sanctions against North Korea must be slowly eased as part of the process of its de-nuclearisation and all sides must meet each other half-way during negotiations, Russia's foreign minister said.
On a visit to Pyongyang on Thursday - where he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho - Lavrov called for the phased lifting of sanctions on North Korea, indicating Pyongyang would not give up its nuclear weapons until that happens.
"It is absolutely obvious that - as we start discussions on how to resolve the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula - it is understood that the solution cannot be comprehensive without the lifting of sanctions," Lavrov said at a press conference.
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