Trump-Kim summit: North Korea says country seeks partial relief

North Korea has denied US president Donald Trump’s claim that the country demanded total sanctions relief during a failed summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The North’s foreign minister Ri Yong-ho was speaking after talks between Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un ended without agreement.

He said they asked only for partial sanctions relief in exchange for disabling North Korea’s main nuclear complex.

However, the US insists that the case was different from North Korea’s stand.

Trump said Kim had offered to dismantle all the production facility at the heart of North Korea’s nuclear programme but wanted all sanctions lifted.