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Trump calls out Russian Federation for helping North Korea violate economic sanctions

January 19, 2018 16:37·
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a New Year's Day speech in this

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a New Year's Day speech in this

Last month, Trump had already denounced Russian Federation for "not helping" global efforts to pressure Pyongyang to halt the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile delivery systems that have increased tensions with Washington.

Still, she cautioned that the USA military officials and South Korean military and government leaders with whom she met made clear that the communist North is "not refraining from continuing to move forward with their efforts to solve the final problems with being able to nuclearize an intercontinental ballistic missile that can hit the American homeland".

Now Boris Johnson has warned the crisis is "intensifying" as the hermit kingdom threatens the world with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) capable of reaching Washington DC and London.

At Tuesday's talks, North Korea said it would attend the Winter Olympics in the South next month, and both sides agreed to resolve problems through dialogue and revive military consultations to avoid accidental conflict.

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told the BBC this week her government was aware that Pyongyang might be playing for time to reduce worldwide pressure to end its nuclear weapons programme.

Trump expressed concerns for North Korea's nuclear program and North Korea's claims that they could strike the United States with a ballistic missile.

"They're not there yet, but they're close".

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At a two-day summit in Vancouver, Canada, Mr Johnson said while it was "great" Kim's regime is offering to carry out a truce during the Winter Olympics hosted by South Korea, nations should be vigilant. It was speculated that the ICBM could be capable of striking anywhere in the United States.

Trump also gave the clearest indication yet that his administration will take retaliatory trade action against China.

The United States has started a trade investigation into the issue, and Cohn said the United States Trade Representative would be making recommendations about it soon.

"We have a very big intellectual property potential fine going, which is going to come out soon", Trump told Reuters, without clarifying further. He would not confirm whether he had said "shithole countries", but described it as a "tough-talking" meeting.

Trump criticized a proposed bipartisan deal on protecting children of illegal immigrants from deportation, calling it "horrible".

"Given common aspirations for North Korea's participation in the PyeongChang (Olympics) and the successful hosting of it, I don't think the South-North Korea talks that we are doing for the North's Olympic participation run counter to sanctions that the worldwide community is putting together", the foreign minister said. "I get more exercise than people think". "They've talked for 25 years and they've taken advantage of our presidents, of our previous presidents".

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