precondition

The first of these two preconditions was satisfied a couple of years ago, and then in 2024 the second precondition appeared to be close to doing so as well.

“It’s a precondition for all the copper projects.”

Since taking office in June, Lee has vowed to "respect" North Korea's political system and pursue dialogue without preconditions, in a sharp break with the policies of his hawkish predecessor.

That sounded much more like the Midwest’s 7th Circuit decision in the Chicago case, which found that nothing in the statute “makes the President the sole judge of whether these preconditions exist.”

But key differences between US proposals and Russia's preconditions for peace became increasingly clear this week, and appear to have dashed chances of a summit between the two presidents.