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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday urged China to maintain tight control of its border with North Korea until he signs a denuclearization deal with Kim Jong UN, reports AFP.<\/p>\nWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday urged China to maintain tight control of its border with North Korea until he signs a denuclearization deal with Kim Jong UN, reports AFP.<\/p>\n
Trump is scheduled to hold a landmark summit with the North Korean leader June 12 in Singapore, but Pyongyang recently has threatened to pull out over US demands for \u201cunilateral nuclear abandonment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChina must continue to be strong & tight on the Border of North Korea until a deal is made,\u201d Trump tweeted, suggesting China may have eased up on enforcing economic sanctions against Pyongyang.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe word is that recently the Border has become much more porous and more has been filtering in.\u201d, he wrote, adding he wants North Korea to be \u2018VERY successful,\u2019 but only once a deal has been reached on denuclearization,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
China is North Korea\u2019s biggest trade partner, and Trump has called on it repeatedly to press Pyongyang to rein in its nuclear and missile programs.<\/p>\n
Besides protesting US disarmament demands, North Korea also angrily condemned joint US-South Korean military exercises, and last week pulled out of planned inter-Korean talks.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s National Security Advisor John Bolton also has drawn Pyongyang\u2019s ire by referring to Libya as a denuclearization model. After giving up Libya\u2019s nuclear program in 2003, leader Moamer Kadhafi was killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.<\/p>\n
North Korea\u2019s sudden shift in attitude followed a weeks-long charm offensive that saw Kim Jong Un hold a historic summit in the Demilitarized Zone with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and meet twice with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n
As prospects for the Singapore summit dimmed, Trump offered assurances that if the summit is successful, Kim \u201cwill get protections that will be very strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019d be in his country and running his country. His country would be very rich,\u201d he told reporters last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday urged China to maintain tight control of its border with North Korea until he signs a denuclearization deal with Kim Jong UN, reports AFP. Trump is scheduled to hold a landmark summit with the North Korean leader June 12 in Singapore, but Pyongyang recently has threatened to pull […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n