North Korea says US extension of sanctions ‘a hostile act’

A spokesman for Pyongyang’s foreign ministry on Wednesday said ihe recent US extension of sanctions against North Korea, was an act of hostility and an outright challenge to an historic summit between the two countries in Singapore last year

The White House had earlier last week extended by a year, six executive orders related to sanctions imposed over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, Aljazeera reports.

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The unidentified North Korean foreign ministry spokesman denounced US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s remarks on Sunday that more than 80 percent of the North Korean economy has been affected by sanctions.

The spokesman also accused Washington of viciously slandering Pyongyang in its latest reports on human trafficking and religious freedom around the world.

The US wants North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons entirely before lifting international sanctions, but North Korea wants a more staggered approach.

 

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