The US will not expand sanctions against the DPRK – media

Investing.com – The US White House has decided to postpone the imposition of new sanctions against North Korea amid ongoing talks over the likely meeting of US President Donald Trump and the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, the Wall Street Journal reported citing sources.

The White House was ready to announce new sanctions already on Tuesday, but on Monday refused such measures for an indefinite period, notes one of the interlocutors of the newspaper.

The US Treasury, according to sources WSJ, has prepared a package of sanctions against about 30 persons. The list included, in particular, Russian and Chinese organizations, the newspaper writes.

“The actions were prepared in response to Kim’s recent aggressive rhetoric, which prompted Trump last week to abruptly cancel the next month’s summit, after which he announced a day later that such an opportunity still exists,” the newspaper writes.

At the weekend, Kim Jong-un held a meeting with South Korean President Mun Zhe In, which was the second after talks between the North Korean leader and South Korean president in April. Following the results of the first negotiations, which, as this time, took place in Panmunjom, the leaders agreed, in particular, to maintain contacts for solving problems.

In Panmunjom, talks between delegations from the United States and North Korea are also held, the newspaper said.

Earlier, US President D. Trump said that he decided to abandon the talks with Kim Jong-un, scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. Pyongyang reacted to this, saying that it was still ready for dialogue. After that, D.Trump said that he does not rule out that the DPRK-US summit will take place, on June 12 in Singapore.