Washington Considering Some Sanctions Relief In Return For Nuclear Freeze

July 11 2019

North Korea

The U.S. government is considering suspending some sanctions on North Korea in return for a nuclear freeze, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul). 

The plan would offer a 12- to 18-month reprieve from U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korean coal and textiles exports in exchange for the dismantlement of the nuclear complex in Yongbyon and a freeze in other elements of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, a source close to the White House said on Thursday.

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