Kim-Trump summit expected to happen in Singapore on June 12: White House
- 6 years ago
백악관 "북미정상회담 내달 12일 개최 예상"
The flurry of preparations underway in several locations, including the inter-Korean border village is fuelling hopes the historic event is on, as scheduled.
According to our Cha Sang-mi the White House expressed optimism, the summit will take place in Singapore on the initially set date.
The White House expects the summit with North Korea will happen in Singapore on June 12th... as originally scheduled.
Referring to the working-level talks between the North and the U.S. to prepare for a historic summit between the two leaders,... White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that the Trump administration is continuing preparations to make the summit a reality.
"We're continuing to prepare for the meeting between the President and the North Korean leader. As the President says, if it happens, we'll certainly be ready."
Sanders also said an American delegation led by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim, has been meeting with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the border village of Panmunjom.
She said the meetings that have been held so far had been 'positive',... adding that such momentum will be maintained.
The two sides first met on Sunday, and their last scheduled meeting was on Wednesday.
But according to CNN, the U.S. delegation is staying in South Korea for at least another day.
An expert says there are several possibilities for the change in schedule.
"One is that both sides have failed to narrow their differences in a significant way. So, a lot of important issues are still on the table, unsettled, so they would require more time to get the additional negotiations. The second possibility is that these working-level negotiators would like to get specific instructions from a home governments."
The expert says that the officials may be laying the groundwork for the upcoming denuclearization talks between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, Kim Yong-chol on Thursday, ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
The flurry of preparations underway in several locations, including the inter-Korean border village is fuelling hopes the historic event is on, as scheduled.
According to our Cha Sang-mi the White House expressed optimism, the summit will take place in Singapore on the initially set date.
The White House expects the summit with North Korea will happen in Singapore on June 12th... as originally scheduled.
Referring to the working-level talks between the North and the U.S. to prepare for a historic summit between the two leaders,... White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that the Trump administration is continuing preparations to make the summit a reality.
"We're continuing to prepare for the meeting between the President and the North Korean leader. As the President says, if it happens, we'll certainly be ready."
Sanders also said an American delegation led by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim, has been meeting with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the border village of Panmunjom.
She said the meetings that have been held so far had been 'positive',... adding that such momentum will be maintained.
The two sides first met on Sunday, and their last scheduled meeting was on Wednesday.
But according to CNN, the U.S. delegation is staying in South Korea for at least another day.
An expert says there are several possibilities for the change in schedule.
"One is that both sides have failed to narrow their differences in a significant way. So, a lot of important issues are still on the table, unsettled, so they would require more time to get the additional negotiations. The second possibility is that these working-level negotiators would like to get specific instructions from a home governments."
The expert says that the officials may be laying the groundwork for the upcoming denuclearization talks between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, Kim Yong-chol on Thursday, ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.