UN praises 'courageous diplomacy' at US-NKorea summit

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised the US-North Korean summit as "courageous diplomacy" on Thursday even though no agreement was reached, and expressed hope that talks will continue.

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended their second summit in Hanoi with no deal after Pyongyang demanded a full lifting of sanctions. Guterres "appreciates the effort that was made in those discussions, regardless of the results, of the outcome that we saw," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

"Courageous diplomacy has established the foundation to advance sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula." "We all very much hope that these discussions will continue in that direction."