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U.S. acting Defence Secretary Pat Shanahan called on North Korea on Monday to get back to the negotiating table for nuclear weapons talks.
“As always, we’re hopeful that the North Koreans will engage productively through diplomatic channels to resolve our concerns,’’ Shanahan said in comments carried by South Korean news agency Yonhap during a visit to Seoul.
The U.S. remains committed to the sanctions it slapped on the reclusive state until North Korea complied “with all international regulations,’’ he added.
U.S. President Donald Trump is hoping for a rapprochement with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Since a failed summit in Vietnam in February, negotiations have stalled.
Washington and Pyongyang could not agree on the central issue of nuclear deproliferation.
Kim called for the lifting a large part of international sanctions without success.
Shanahan said the only acceptable solution would be the monitored draw down of nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula.
The U.S. politician made it clear to his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in a Sunday meeting in Singapore that the U.S. did not want to deviate from its goals of nuclear disarmament on the peninsula.
Trump is to visit South Korea in about three weeks.
Earlier, he discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo AbeIkeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing N68,700 to play Bet Naija game.
The defendant, who resides at No. 125, Ayobo Road, by Oja Bus Stop in Ipaja Lagos, was arraigned on a count charge of stealing, but he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to the police prosecutor, Sgt. Kenrich Nomayo, the defendant stole the sum given to him by one Mr Adebola Farimu to save in his account on May 20 at 9.00a.m. at Ipaja Market, Ipaja.
He submitted that the defendant diverted the money into his personal use.
“The defendant confessed to the police to have used the money to play Bet Naija,” the prosecutor said.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Israel Adelakun, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum.
Adelakun ruled that the surety must be gainful employed and have evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case until June 24 for mention.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that stealing contravenes Section 287 of the Criminal Law of the Lagos State, 2015, and punishable with three years imprisonment.
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– Jun. 3, 2019 @ 14:09 GMT |
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