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November 02, 2024
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UK needs to see “encouraging signs” from DPRK before sanctions relief: Amb. Smith

Britain's top diplomat in ROK says upcoming summits should see Pyongyang take steps towards CVID

North Korea must demonstrate that it is willing to take steps towards complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) before Britain will consider supporting sanctions relief at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the UK's top diplomat in Seoul told NK News in an interview in late March.

"I think it’s very simple," Smith said, when asked whether the UK might consider sanctions relief following upcoming DPRK-ROK and DPRK-U.S. summits. "What we have repeated many times is that what we need to see in North Korea is complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization."

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