Nikki Haley on North Korea sanctions: ‘This will cut deep’

Published September 11, 2017 10:53pm ET



President Trump’s top diplomat at the United Nations said Monday that the new package of sanctions against North Korea are “by far the strongest measures ever imposed” on the regime following a week of negotiations with China and Russia.

“This will cut deep,” Ambassador Nikki Haley said following a unanimous vote to adopt the sanctions, levied in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test. “They give us a much better chance to halt the regime’s ability to fuel and finance its nuclear and missile programs.”

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