Three days of negotiations between US special representative Stephen Biegun and North Korea’s Choe Son Hui in Stockholm, Sweden ended on Monday, with the Swedish government reporting the talks to have been “constructive.”
The talks came after President Trump agreed to a summit with North
Korea’s Kim Jong Un in late February. The location of that summit is
decided on, but not disclosed. These talks focused narrowly on getting
the denuclearization process moving forward again.
The US is demanding that the North Koreans start speeding up dismantling
their program, while North Korea is seeking confidence-building
measures. In particular, North Korea is said to be seeking a US
imprimatur for North and South Korea to continue economic cooperation.
Hopes of road and rail links between the two Koreas were derailed by US
sanctions forbidding South Korea from making such improvements.
While both sides aired their perspectives on the matter, it’s not clear
anything was actually agreed to. The US is still insisting on keeping
economic sanctions maximized, while North Korea is still seeking small
steps on both sides to prove seriousness about eventual normalization.
The talks are always “constructive. Not so much for the actions following the talks.
“Constructive” means the US is getting nowhere in negotiations.
President Kim should maintain the status quo. No mention of US troops leaving the peninsula.
If Mr. Kim can wait a few short months or years, he’ll view the US’ financial destruction without so much as pushing the proverbial nuclear button.
He’s seeking peace with Mr. Moon and the US. I can guess with good accuracy the US position.
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How can NK depend on any thing Trump say’s or promises when no one else in the world can either including those in his own government. He just changes his mind and says he really didn’t mean what you thought he meant.
I’m glad to see we are still talking.
The North Koreans have many faults, but they are not fools.
They won’t give us what we want unless we give them what they want in return. Of course. Because they are not fools.
The Americans who appear to demand that they do so know that too. They are not fools either. Those Americans just don’t want peace in Korea. They don’t even really want de-nuclearization. They want American bases in Korea, conflict in Korea the “requires” Americans, all because that means the American position in Asia must remain and even grow.