Both the U.S. President and its disarmament ambassador signaled that the pressures on North Korea are likely to remain ahead of the much-anticipated summit between the U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un in May.
Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, U.S. disarmament ambassador Robert Wood said, “The United States remains committed to complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea…. In terms of the pressure campaign, things we are very interested in are maintaining the pressure, meaning enforcing sanctions, ensuring that the North is not able to get access to funds that help further his nuclear and ballistic missile programs”.
The similar tough stance was also shared by the U.S. President who said that he would walk out of his meeting with Kim Jong Un if the talks aren’t fruitful. However, he praised the upcoming meeting and the possibility of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as a tremendous thing not just for North Korea but the world as well. The comments were made during a press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.