Beijing/Seoul — Kim Jong-un does not appear to be in a rush to dump his nuclear weapons. In talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the North Korean leader reiterated his call for a gradual process to carry out the results of last week’s summit with US President Donald Trump. Chinese state media cited Kim saying that denuclearisation would open up new prospects if both sides could "implement the consensus of the summit step by step solidly". Kim’s remarks are another sign of lingering disagreements between Pyongyang and Washington over the pace and sequence of North Korea’s disarmament and sanctions relief. Trump has said Kim could see penalties relaxed only after he "completely denuclearised", while North Korean state media has previously said the US president had agreed to a "step-by-step" process. The statement signed in Singapore on June 12 included no timetable for denuclearisation, and Trump told reporters in the city-state the same day that he did not know how lon...
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