South Korean President Moon Jae-in said it was Seoul’s ‘outmost priority’ to prevent nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea from derailing
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, on Feb. 28, 2019.South Korea has proposed semiofficial three-way talks with the United States and North Korea as it struggles to put nuclear diplomacy back on track after the collapse of a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Kang said the core issue is determining what disarmament steps North Korea could be persuaded to take in exchange for sanctions relief. “In the process, our role has become important once again,” Moon said. “While I believe the United States-North Korea negotiations will eventually reach an agreement, it’s never desirable for a vacuum in dialogue or stalemate to be prolonged,” he said, urging South Korean officials to find ways for the U.S. and North Korea to narrow their differences.
While Moon’s spokesman said South Korea will see if there’s any possible way to restart the projects under the “framework” of current UN and U.S. sanctions, experts say that would be impossible. Moon helped set up the first summit between Trump and Kim last June in Singapore, where they issued a vague aspirational statement about a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, without describing how or when it would occur.
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