Days before summit, Trump raises prospect of easing North Korea sanctions
2019-02-21 10:16:11 source：The Straits Times
February 21, 2019
WASHINGTON/HANOI (REUTERS) --- A week before a second summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump held out the prospect of an easing of tough sanctions on the country, but only if it does "something that's meaningful" on denuclearisation.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Trump also said he expects to meet with Kim again after their Feb 27-28 summit in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital.
Trump said he did not think North Korea was reluctant to denuclearise, in spite of a lack of concrete progress since he and Kim met for a first summit in Singapore in June.
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