HANOI: US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting yesterday when negotiations collapsed after the two sides failed to agree on even the first steps toward nuclear disarmament, a peace declaration or reducing sanctions on the North.
"It was about the sanctions," Mr Trump said at an afternoon news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, referring to Mr Kim's demand that the United States lift harsh economic sanctions imposed on North Korea with the approval of the United Nations. "Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, but we couldn't do that.
"We had to walk away from that particular suggestion," he added.
The premature end to the talks means the diplomacy between the US and North Korea remains stalled, even as experts say North Korea continues to produce fissile material to make nuclear warheads.NYT
