North Korean and U.S. officials holding 'behind-the-scenes talks' to arrange third summit between Pres. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on fate of the North's expanding nuclear arsenal, South Korea's president says.
North Korean and U.S. officials are holding"behind-the-scenes talks" to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fate of the North's expanding nuclear arsenal, South Korea's president said, four months after a second meeting between the leaders in Hanoi collapsed without any agreement.
Moon said he doesn't see the Hanoi summit as a failure. He said he thinks the meeting served as a chance for both Washington and Pyongyang to better understand each other's positions and"put everything they want on the negotiating table." In yet another reminder of North Korea's continued mistrust of the United States, its foreign ministry said earlier Wednesday it won't surrender to U.S.-led sanctions and accused Washington of trying to"bring us to our knees."
Moon didn't elaborate whether U.S and North Korean officials had face-to-face meetings and if so where they took place. He also didn't clarify who were interlocutors or how close they were in setting up a third Kim-Trump summit. North Korea has long bristled at the significant U.S. military presence in South Korea, and wants assurances it will not be targeted by the U.S. and South Korea. It sees its pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles as an insurance policy against military action.
"It depends on Chairman Kim Jong Un," Moon wrote."I am prepared to meet with Chairman Kim in person at any given moment without being restrained by time, place or formalities."
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