No Further North Korea Sanctions Being Considered, Trump Says
President Donald Trump said he is not planning to impose additional sanctions on North Korea, saying the two sides are “getting along very well.”
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“I’m not considering actions,” Trump said, speaking with reporters Sept. 23 before a meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “There’s no reason for actions.” The reporter had asked about whether Trump's plan includes further action in the form of sanctions before denuclearization, in talks with North Korea. “So we’re not looking at any actions. We have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un. We’ll see what happens. Maybe we’ll be able to make a deal. Maybe not,” Trump said.
Trump’s comments came about a week after the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced its latest round of sanctions on North Korea, in which it designated three state-run hacking groups responsible for the country’s weapons and missile programs (see 1909130039).