S.Korea, DPRK begins first military talks after 10 years
World | June 14, 2018 11:03 ISTAccording to the South Korean Defence Ministry, the meeting kicked off on the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom at 10 a.m.
According to the South Korean Defence Ministry, the meeting kicked off on the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom at 10 a.m.
"Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!" Trump tweeted.
As the top U.S. diplomat jetted to South Korea for follow-up talks Wednesday, much of Asia was still trying to process the whirlwind events of the day before.
Kim and Trump held the first ever bilateral summit between the leaders of their respective nations on June 12.
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Trump was received by Lee at the presidential palace Istana, where they were expected to discuss everything from the summit preparations to the US' tariff threats.
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Speaking in a series of Friday interviews, Pompeo said that would include any possible clandestine sites unknown to those outside North Korea.
"The United States and North Korea have been holding direct talks in preparation for a summit, and North Korea has confirmed to us its willingness to denuclearise," said Pompeo
Trump, however, made it clear that he was ready to "walk away" from the meeting if his goals were not achieved.
Running against time, US and North Korean officials are having three separate meetings in New York, Singapore and at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea.
North Korean Vice Chairman of the Central Committee Kim Yong-chol is arriving in New York and will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later this week.
In a statement, the White House said, " Trump and Abe affirmed the shared imperative of achieving the complete and permanent dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missile programs.”
Trump withdrew from a planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim last Thursday, but quickly announced that it could get back on track.
Moon said North Korea and the United States will soon start working-level talks to prepare for the Kim-Trump summit.
Trump appeared to be optimistic even about the cancelled June 12 summit in Singapore. "It could be even on 12th June, he said in response to a question. "We will see what happens," said the US President.
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"There has been a trail of broken promises that gave the United States pause," said a senior White House official.
Pyongyang described the US president's decision to pull the plug on the highly anticipated meeting as "extremely regrettable".
President Donald Trump canceled a scheduled June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after recent sparring between the two countries over the planned nuclear talks.
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