NUCLEAR-ARMED STATE:
South Korea’s president said US President Donald Trump had told him that ‘the time had come to pay attention to the North Korea issue’
AFP, SEOUL
Assistance from Russia had rendered sanctions imposed on nuclear-armed North Korea “ineffective,” South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said yesterday after discussing the matter with US President Donald Trump.Lee and Trump met at a G7 summit in France this week, where they discussed the long-running standoff between South Korea and its northern neighbor.“I told him sanctions and pressure are ineffective,” Lee told reporters in Seoul.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference on his G7 trip at the presidential Blue House in Seoul yesterday.
