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Washington – The US State Department rejected Saturday, Saturday, that Washington was to pay North Korea to recover the alleged remains of 55 Korean War soldiers issued by that country this Friday and badured that the gesture obeys the agreements reached at the summit of Singapore.
"Leader Kim (Jong-un) fulfills part of his commitments with President (Donald Trump) during the return of State Department spokesman Heather Nauert said in a statement to which Efe
In the note, the official reports that US law authorizes Defense Secretary, James Mattis, to reimburse "North Korea or any other country for expenses incurred in a process of repatriation and storage of the remains ", but says that in this case it was not necessary.
" On this occasion, North Korea did not ask for money and no transaction It has been carried out, "Nauert said.
The spokesman described the process as" tangible progress "in the negotiations between the United States and North Korea on following agreements reached by Trump and Kim at their meeting in Singapore on June 12.
After a series of delays in the repatriation of the remains, various media reported that this delay was due to the fact that the North Korean authorities had demanded greater economic compensation for the remains, suggesting that there was already a pre-established price.
Finally, two days ago, the US government reported that a C-plane 17 of the United States Air Force with members of the United Nations Command for Korea on board collected the Remains to Wonsan (North Korea) to take them to Osan South Korean Air Base, where they will stay until their authenticity is certified.
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