Economics
Pompeo Says ‘Unanimity’ North Korea Sanctions to Stay Until Nukes Are Gone
- China, Japan and South Korea agree, top diplomat says
- Allies meet after Trump declares Kim’s nuclear threat resolved
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S., China, South Korea and Japan agree that sanctions imposed on North Korea won’t be lifted until Kim Jong Un’s regime can show complete disarmament, pushing back against North Korean suggestions that penalties would soon start being relaxed.
"Each of those three countries has also acknowledged that it’s important that the sanctions regime that is in place today remain in place until such time as that denuclearization is, in fact, complete," Pompeo told reporters Thursday in Beijing following talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. "There has been unanimity in that set of objectives, and I’m heartened by that."