North Korea has accused the United States of undermining the process of denuclearisation and for showing "alarming" impatience on the issue, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang.At the ASEAN Regional Forum in Singapore, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said on Saturday that his country stood "firm in its determination and commitment" to implement the June deal between US President Donald Trump
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But he also criticised the US for undermining confidence in the process: "What is alarming, however, is the insistent moves manifested within the US to go back to the old, far from its leader's intention."
"As long as the US does not show in practice its strong will to remove our concerns, there will be no case whereby we will move forward first unilaterally," Ri added.
His comments came after Pompeo said at the same forum that he was emphasising to countries "the importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea", while adding that he was "optimistic" about the prospects for progress when it came to North Korean denuclearisation.
At the June 12 historic talks in Singapore, Kim signed up to a vague commitment to "denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" - a far cry from long-standing US demands for complete, verifiable and irreversible disarmament.
Since the agreement, Pyongyang had taken "goodwill measures", including a halt on nuclear and missile tests and "dismantling a nuclear test ground", Ri said, according to a statement.
He said the US "is raising its voice louder for maintaining the sanctions against the DPRK," referring to the initials of North Korea's official name.