DPRK: Sanctions-obsessed US indulging in hostile acts
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THE Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has accused the US of being “hell-bent on hostile acts” just days after the countries’ leaders agreed to resume denuclearization talks.
US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un held an impromptu summit at DMZ on Sunday, where they smiled and shook hands, ending a standstill in discussions.
But in a quick shift in tone, Pyongyang’s delegation to the United Nations on Wednesday said the US continues to be “obsessed with sanctions.”
It complained that while Trump invited Kim to hold talks, the US had also sent a letter to all UN member-states urging them to send back DPRK workers.
The delegation claimed the letter — also signed by Britain, France and Germany — was sent on June 29, the same day Trump tweeted that he would like to shake Kim’s hand during his visit to the Korean Peninsula.
“What can’t be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the UN under the instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed (for) the summit meeting,” said the press statement from the DPRK mission.
It shows that the US is “more and more hell-bent on the hostile acts” against DPRK, even while it is seeking dialogue, it added.
The US letter was in fact sent on June 27 and called on all countries to apply sanctions provisions that call for the return of all DPRK workers by the end of 2019.
The UN estimates tens of thousands of DPRK citizens are sent abroad every year.
“We do not thirst for lifting of sanctions,” the DPRK mission said, adding it was “quite ridiculous” for the United States to consider the restrictions a “panacea for all problems.”
UN sanctions ban all new contracts with DPRK workers and commit countries with existing migrant laborers from there to sending them back by the end of this year.
In the letter, the four countries noted that only 34 countries had filed reports to the UN on what action they have taken.
Trump became the first US president to ever visit DPRK on Sunday, stepping in to the Demilitarized Zone following a last-minute invitation to his counterpart on Twitter.
It marked a thaw in the pair’s relationship, after their last meeting in Hanoi ended without agreement.
As well as the working-level talks, Trump also floated the idea of sanctions relief and said he invited the DPRK leader to the White House.
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