Washington: US President Donald Trump remains open to engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to achieve a “fully denuclearised” North Korea, a White House official said a day after his administration announced a raft of actions to disrupt Pyongyang’s illicit revenue generation schemes.
The Trump administration unveiled a package of actions against North Korea on Thursday, including offering rewards for information about seven North Korean nationals involved in a scheme believed to raise funds for the reclusive regime’s nuclear and missile programs.
“President Trump, in his first term, held three historic summits with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un that stabilised the Korean Peninsula and achieved the first-ever leader-level agreement on denuclearisation,” the official told Yonhap News Agency via email.
“The president retains those objectives and remains open to engaging with Leader Kim to achieve a fully de-nuclearised North Korea,” the official added.
The official was responding to a question about whether Thursday’s actions against the North signalled that the Trump administration assesses diplomacy with Pyongyang to be difficult for the time being, and that it would focus on sanctions and other pressure-focused measures to bring North Korea back to dialogue, Yonhap news agency reported. (IANS)
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