North Korea is calling for the lifting of international sanctions banning it from exporting metals and importing refined petroleum products and other goods. Pyongyang sees this as a condition for resuming nuclear disarmament talks with the United States, South Korean lawmakers said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
“As a condition for the resumption of negotiations North Korea he wants her United States enable the export of minerals and the import of refined petroleum products and other necessary goods, “said Ha Chekung, a member of South Korea’s parliamentary intelligence committee.
“When asked what other goods they need most, they said they were high-quality alcoholic beverages and suits. Not only for the personal needs of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but also for the elite in Pyongyang,” he added.
The UN Security Council has imposed a number of sanctions on the DPRK over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic programs, including those restricting trade in oil, but also in coal, for example. State Department spokesman Ned Price reiterated on Tuesday that the United States is willing to meet with North Korea “anytime, anywhere, without preconditions.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met at a historic summit in Singapore in 2018, but after their failed summit in February 2019 in Hanoi, negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament came to a standstill.
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