Expert: Outcome remains as uncertain, as does Trump-Kim summit
China Watch |
Updated: 2018-06-06 15:05
Even with just one week to go, there are still doubts whether US President Donald Trump and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un will ultimately hold their planned summit in Singapore on June 12, Yang Wenjing, chief of US foreign policy studies at the Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said in an article on chinausfocus.com.
Yang said what the planned Trump-Kim summit may yield is as uncertain as the summit itself, though the United States said preparations for the June 12 summit in Singapore are going well.
He said huge differences remain between the US and the DPRK on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, although Kim has pledged to work toward complete denuclearization and negotiate the terms with the US.
In his New Year's speech, Kim said the nuclear weapons program is complete and now the DPRK's focus will shift to economic development. Information gleaned from Kim's two visits to China suggests he has planned "phased, synchronized" denuclearization, for which he seeks the "goodwill" of the US and the Republic of Korea as a prerequisite.
In other words, it means Washington and Seoul should stop their military exercises if they want to take the peace process forward, and in the long run, the denuclearization process will include the withdrawal of US troops from the ROK, said Yang.
Even with just one week to go, there are still doubts whether US President Donald Trump and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un will ultimately hold their planned summit in Singapore on June 12, Yang Wenjing, chief of US foreign policy studies at the Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said in an article on chinausfocus.com.
Yang said what the planned Trump-Kim summit may yield is as uncertain as the summit itself, though the United States said preparations for the June 12 summit in Singapore are going well.
He said huge differences remain between the US and the DPRK on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, although Kim has pledged to work toward complete denuclearization and negotiate the terms with the US.
In his New Year's speech, Kim said the nuclear weapons program is complete and now the DPRK's focus will shift to economic development. Information gleaned from Kim's two visits to China suggests he has planned "phased, synchronized" denuclearization, for which he seeks the "goodwill" of the US and the Republic of Korea as a prerequisite.
In other words, it means Washington and Seoul should stop their military exercises if they want to take the peace process forward, and in the long run, the denuclearization process will include the withdrawal of US troops from the ROK, said Yang.
