China and Russia Submit Statement to UN to Drop North Korean Sanctions

As I have been saying the North Koreans want the lifting of sanctions to occur for little to nothing in return.  Clearly Emperor President Xi and Czar President Putin are onboard with this position.  The only thing standing in their way right now is President Trump:

North Korea appears to be seeking a lifting of international sanctions imposed on the country by using its longtime ally, China, as leverage.

North Korea is shifting its focus toward economic development, and for that goal, sanctions relief and economic cooperation with other countries will be essential. While it is creating the atmosphere by offering peace through the inter-Korean and the Washington-Pyongyang summits, it seems the North believes China can speed up the process.

Last week, the Japanese media reported China and Russia submitted a statement to the U.N. Security Council seeking the lifting of sanctions on North Korea.

It was reportedly dismissed due to U.S. opposition, which stated North Korea’s denuclearization would have to make progress first.

“China does not regard lifting the sanctions as an end in itself ― the Security Council should support and cooperate in the current mood of dialogue and efforts toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said in a press briefing, Friday.  [Korea Times]

You can read more at the link, but does anyone think President Trump will eventually fold and allow sanctions relief without any real denuclearization efforts by the Kim regime?