Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump to meet, says South Korea
From CBC
resident Donald Trump has accepted an offer of a summit from the North Korean leader and will meet with Kim Jong-un by May, a top South Korean official said Thursday, in a remarkable turnaround in relations between two historic adversaries.Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kim-jong-un-and-donald-trump-to-meet-says-south-korea-1.4568583Speaking Thursday night outside the White House, Chung Eui-Yong, South Korean national security director, said that Kim had requested the meeting.
The South Korean official told reporters Trump said "he would meet Kim Jong-un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization."
Chung said Kim told South Korea that he's committed to denuclearization.
"Kim pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile test," he said.
The Republic of Korea, the U.S. and partners are standing together to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, the South Korean said.
"The pressure will continue until North Korea matches its words with concrete actions."
Hmmm will this just end up being the classic North Korean cycle of ratcheting up tensions to get paid off. Then in another few years start ratcheting up tensions.
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