North Korea’s state media has published a statement from Kim Jong-un on Friday, saying the nation’s desire to reach a denuclearization agreement is “unchanged, consistent, and fixed.” The statement was issued in the follow-up to his Thursday meeting with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov.
Kim’s statement also expressed hope for a general improvement of US-North Korea relations, saying he believes that the denuclearization needs to be tackled on a “stage-by-stage” basis going forward.
Following the Lavrov meeting, Kim announced that he will be having a summit with Russian President Putin. The date for this summit has not been disclosed. On Friday, President Trump announced his own summit with Kim is back on for June 12.
North Korea has expressed support for denuclearization since the first Kim summit with South Korea’s President Moon. Reaching such a deal is dependent on talks with the US coming up with some assurance that North Korea won’t be attacked by the US after disarming.
Unchanged is a problem, because they don’t mean the same thing as the US.
In the US press, that is simply ignored. The US press pretends the North is promising what the US wants. It is not. It is demanding what the US won’t even see, much less agree to.
However, the South see and understands, and may be ready to agree despite the US. That could be done, if the South invites the US to leave.
Improvement: Kim is also negotiating publicly. Is that any sign at all or harbinger of good tidings to come from Trump-Kim epic meet?
In previous epochal meetings between Soviet and US top heads, i knew not much even after the meetings ended let alone before they started.
But if one is evaluate as true Russian complaints about how many agreements between USSR and US ended, US broke all or almost all of them.
But, ok, Kim. Even just talking is ok by me.