Trump to hold third summit with Kim Jong-un at 'some point'
- 5 years ago
트럼프 '3차 북미회담 어느 시점에 할 것'
The U.S. has made clear that when he comes to South Korea later this week, President Trump has no plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un,.... there still seems to be hope that a summit will take place at some point.
Our Lee Ji-won has this story.
Along with the renewed anticipation of North Korea and the U.S. resuming their denuclearization talks, comes hope for a third Pyeongyang-Washington summit.
And President Trump's comments to reporters at the Oval Office on Tuesday fueled speculation it might happen sooner rather than later.
"Just a nice letter back and forth. He wrote me a beautiful letter on birthday. It was my birthday, as you know, last week. He wrote me a beautiful letter, I thought it was very nice. And just, two friendly letters. We get along very well.
Ha, maybe there was. At some point we will do that. Getting along very well. He's not doing nuclear testing."
Unlike in the past, a top-down approach is being pursued in a bid to solve the denuclearization issue.
And on June 12th last year, the leaders of the long-time foes finally met for their first sitdown in Singapore.
There they agreed on the four pillars of establishing their ties and achieving denuclearization.
On top of the hard talks,... the two leaders also engaged in various activities that allowed them to get to know each other on a personal level, including a one-on-one sitdown just with their translators, and a leisurely stroll.
But things did not go so smoothly after that as the two sides faced the critical issue of who does what first... and in exchange for what.
Despite a number of working-level talks after Singapore, their negotiations hit a wall.
And the two leaders stepped in, meeting again about eight months later, this time in Hanoi.
Both leaders seemed to have thought they could persuade their counterpart into taking the next step in implementing their deal.
But neither side budged.
Kim was firm on the U.S. lifting sanctions on the North's economy in exchange for the dismantling of the regime's Yeongbyeon nuclear facility.
Trump said Yeongbyeon had to be dismantled and the North had to provide an overall and detailed roadmap for denuclearization.
Since then no significant talks have been held, at least not publicly.
Whether this week's series of summits between Presidents Moon Jae-in, Trump and Xi Jinping can revive the momentum for dialogue remains to be seen.
But there are also concerns that working-level talks need to first pave the way in order to prevent the same mistakes made in Hanoi.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
The U.S. has made clear that when he comes to South Korea later this week, President Trump has no plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un,.... there still seems to be hope that a summit will take place at some point.
Our Lee Ji-won has this story.
Along with the renewed anticipation of North Korea and the U.S. resuming their denuclearization talks, comes hope for a third Pyeongyang-Washington summit.
And President Trump's comments to reporters at the Oval Office on Tuesday fueled speculation it might happen sooner rather than later.
"Just a nice letter back and forth. He wrote me a beautiful letter on birthday. It was my birthday, as you know, last week. He wrote me a beautiful letter, I thought it was very nice. And just, two friendly letters. We get along very well.
Ha, maybe there was. At some point we will do that. Getting along very well. He's not doing nuclear testing."
Unlike in the past, a top-down approach is being pursued in a bid to solve the denuclearization issue.
And on June 12th last year, the leaders of the long-time foes finally met for their first sitdown in Singapore.
There they agreed on the four pillars of establishing their ties and achieving denuclearization.
On top of the hard talks,... the two leaders also engaged in various activities that allowed them to get to know each other on a personal level, including a one-on-one sitdown just with their translators, and a leisurely stroll.
But things did not go so smoothly after that as the two sides faced the critical issue of who does what first... and in exchange for what.
Despite a number of working-level talks after Singapore, their negotiations hit a wall.
And the two leaders stepped in, meeting again about eight months later, this time in Hanoi.
Both leaders seemed to have thought they could persuade their counterpart into taking the next step in implementing their deal.
But neither side budged.
Kim was firm on the U.S. lifting sanctions on the North's economy in exchange for the dismantling of the regime's Yeongbyeon nuclear facility.
Trump said Yeongbyeon had to be dismantled and the North had to provide an overall and detailed roadmap for denuclearization.
Since then no significant talks have been held, at least not publicly.
Whether this week's series of summits between Presidents Moon Jae-in, Trump and Xi Jinping can revive the momentum for dialogue remains to be seen.
But there are also concerns that working-level talks need to first pave the way in order to prevent the same mistakes made in Hanoi.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.