‎'US must restore maximum pressure if North Korea fails ‎to stick to Trump deal'

North Korean state media said on Wednesday that U.S. ‎President Donald Trump had agreed to lift sanctions ‎against Pyongyang in addition to providing security ‎guarantees in the summit with the North's leader, ‎Kim Jong Un, the previous day.‎

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Trump ‎had made the promise to lift sanction after pledging ‎to end joint military exercises with South Korea.‎

There was no immediate comment about the issue from ‎any American official. ‎

The North's state media framed Tuesday's summit as a ‎win for Pyongyang, dubbing it "the meeting of the ‎century." ‎

Meanwhile, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch ‎McConnell said he supported the goals set out in ‎Trump's joint statement with Kim but said ‎Washington must be prepared to respond if Pyongyang ‎does not follow through.‎

‎"If North Korea does not prove willing to follow ‎through, we and our allies must be prepared to ‎restore the policy of maximum pressure," McConnell ‎said in remarks opening the Senate session.‎

U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer faulted ‎Trump's agreement with Kim as short on details, ‎saying Trump gave up "substantial leverage" in ‎ongoing talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program.‎

Some Republican lawmakers and Trump administration ‎officials have said that any agreement with North Korea ‎would be submitted as a treaty needing approval by ‎two-thirds of the U.S. Senate, meaning it would need ‎significant support from among Schumer's fellow ‎Democrats to be enacted. ‎