{"id":72146,"date":"2018-09-23T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T21:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/23\/pompeo-no-end-to-north-korea-sanctions-until-denuclearization\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:41:26","slug":"pompeo-no-end-to-north-korea-sanctions-until-denuclearization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/23\/pompeo-no-end-to-north-korea-sanctions-until-denuclearization\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo: No end to North Korea sanctions until \u2018denuclearization\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK \u2014 Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo said Sunday that economic sanctions on North Korea won\u2019t be reduced until it completes \u201cdenuclearization\u201d after leader Kim Jong Un offered to close the North\u2019s main nuclear site in exchange for U.S. concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim said last week at a summit with South Korea\u2019s president that he was willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/19\/north-korean-leader-agrees-to-dismantle-main-nuclear-site-if-us-takes-similar-action\/\" target=_blank>dismantle the Nyongbyon nuclear complex<\/a> in the presence of outside inspectors if the U.S. takes unspecified \u201ccorresponding measures.\u201d He also promised to dismantle the North\u2019s main rocket launch site.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/20\/koreas-summit-kick-starts-stalled-nuclear-talks-with-us\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18262562584503.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Koreas summit kick-starts stalled nuclear talks with US<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A better-than-expected outcome of the summit between the two Koreas immediately kick-started stalled negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang, boosting President Donald Trump\u2019s high-stakes push to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons by the end of his first term in office.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That has helped revive U.S.-North Korea diplomacy that had failed to make headway since President Donald Trump met Kim in Singapore in June and won a vague commitment on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. But U.S. administration officials have yet to signal a readiness to provide the kind of incentives that Pyongyang wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo also wouldn&#8217;t be drawn on whether the U.S would consider a declaration on ending the Korean War that the North has sought as a sign of reduced U.S. &#8220;hostility.&#8221; The war ceased without a peace treaty in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s got their own idea what a concession might be. Some thought it was a concession for President Trump to go to Singapore. I certainly didn&#8217;t think so; President Trump doesn&#8217;t,&#8221; Pompeo told &#8220;Fox News Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;But what we&#8217;ve made clear is the economic sanctions \u2014 the driving force to achieve the outcome we&#8217;re looking for \u2014 will not be released. And the U.N. 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