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AFP
Seoul
North Korea's state media on Tuesday slammed the United States for an"evil"attempt to maintain sanctions against Pyongyang, accusing President Donald Trump of blocking progress in inter-Korean relations.
The declaration threatens to upset the negotiations between Washington and the nuclear-armed North, in which Trump is expected to hold a second summit soon with Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un. Washington was playing a"double game", said a lengthy commentary carried by the North's official KCNA news agency, and was"little short of destroying"the rare diplomatic opportunity between the two.
"Hostile policy and reciprocity can not go together,"it said, and negotiations would not move forward"an inch with an obstacle called sanctions"."The US... is responding to good faith with evil,"it added.
