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Trump promised Kim Jong Un he’d sign an agreement to end the Korean War
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Aug 30, 2018 06:40am |
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Author | Alex Ward |
News Date | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | President Donald Trump told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their Singapore summit in June that he’d sign a declaration to end the Korean War soon after their meeting, according to multiple sources familiar with the negotiations.
But since then, the Trump administration has repeatedly asked Pyongyang to dismantle most of its nuclear arsenal first, before signing such a document.
That decision is likely what has led to the current stalemate in negotiations between the two countries — and the increasingly hostile rhetoric from North Korea.
“It makes sense why the North Koreans are angry,” one source told me. “Having Trump promise a peace declaration and then moving the goalposts and making it conditional would be seen as the US reneging on its commitments.” |
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