North Korea has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Pyongyang was demanding the lifting of all sanctions during summit talks in Hanoi on Thursday between the president and Kim Jong-un.

Mr Trump said in a press conference after the talks collapsed that he had no choice but to “walk away” without a deal because the North Korean leader insisted that all sanctions be lifted in return for progress on the question of the North’s nuclear weapons.

In a hastily arranged news conference in the early hours of Friday morning, Ri Yong-ho, the North’s foreign minister, contradicted the president’s comments.

“What we have asked for was partial lifting of sanctions, not in their entirety”, he said. “In detail, we asked to lift five sanctions that were imposed in 2016 and 2017 out of a total of 11 UN sanctions and which affect ordinary people’s livelihoods”.

Mr Ri added that the US demanded “one more” concession from the North beyond the decommissioning of its Yongbyon nuclear plant, adding that Pyongyang’s position will not change even if the US requests further talks in the months ahead.

At the same press conference, Choe Son-hui, the vice foreign minister, commented that Mr Kim appears to have “lost motivation” to continue discussions with the US.