Sanctions Relief for N. Korea Dependent on Denuclearization

 

Following the historic summit between President Donald Trump¹ and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan, and later China to brief them on the way forward with North Korea.

At a press briefing in Seoul with the foreign ministers of both South Korea and Japan, Secretary Pompeo praised the cooperation of the two U.S. allies as “key” to creating the opportunity for the summit in Singapore, which he said, marked “a turning point in the U.S.-North Korea relationship,” when Kim Jong-un made a “public commitment to completely denuclearize.”

Secretary Pompeo emphasized that “this will be a process, and not an easy one.” He stressed that during it, the United States will stay closely aligned² with South Korea and Japan, and reiterated³ the “ironclad” nature of the U.S.-South Korea alliance and U.S.-Japan alliance.

He also underscored that “sanctions relief cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that North Korea has been completely denuclearized.”

At a press conference in Beijing following a meeting with China's foreign minister, Secretary of State Pompeo thanked China and President Xi Jinping for also “helping bring North Korea to the negotiating table and for continued support as we work to achieve the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea.”

Mr. Pompeo pointed⁴ out that China has “reaffirmed its commitment” to maintain sanctions on North Korea mandated⁵ by U.N. Security Council resolutions. “Those [resolutions] have mechanisms⁶ for relief contained in them, and we agreed that at the appropriate time that those would be considered,” he noted⁷. “But we have made very clear that the sanctions and the economic relief that North Korea will receive will only happen after the full denuclearization, the complete denuclearization, of North Korea.”

Secretary of State Pompeo said he is heartened that South Korea, Japan and China all acknowledged what occurred at the U.S.-North Korea summit: “that we have turned a corner; that we have begun a process away from the threat of war and towards peace on the peninsula.”

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 aligned   

adj.对齐的，均衡的

参考例句：

• Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

3 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

4 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

5 mandated   

adj. 委托统治的

参考例句：

• Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
• Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。

6 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。