{"id":170825,"date":"2018-07-13T04:07:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T08:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170825"},"modified":"2018-07-13T04:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T08:07:30","slug":"moon-presses-trump-kim-for-breakthrough-in-nuclear-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/13\/moon-presses-trump-kim-for-breakthrough-in-nuclear-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon presses Trump, Kim for breakthrough in nuclear talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moon said at a forum in Singapore that Trump and Kim would \u201cface the stern judgment of the international community\u201d if their promises on denuclearization weren’t kept. (Photo: Republic of Korea<\/a>\/Flickr<\/a>\/CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SINGAPORE \u2013 South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday urged U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try harder to achieve a breakthrough in their nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n

Moon said at a forum in Singapore that Trump and Kim would \u201cface the stern judgment of the\u00a0international\u00a0community\u201d if their promises on denuclearization weren’t kept.<\/p>\n

Singapore was the host of a historic summit between Trump and Kim last month when they agreed to wotk toward the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, without describing when and how it would occur.<\/p>\n

Follow-up talks between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean senior officials have got off to a rocky start with Pyongyang accusing Washington of making \u201cunilateral and gangster-like\u201d demands.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang for decades has been pushing a concept of \u201cdenuclearization\u201d that bears no resemblance to the American definition, vowing to pursue nuclear development unless Washington removes its 28,500 troops from South Korea and the nuclear umbrella defending South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n

Despite Kim’s diplomatic onslaught in recent months, there are lingering doubts on whether he would ever agree to fully relinquish his nukes, which he may see as a stronger guarantee of survival than whatever security assurance the United States could offer.<\/p>\n

Moon, who has met with Kim twice this year and lobbied hard for the summit between Trump and Kim, said he remains optimistic that Washington and Pyongyang would be able to strike a deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth leaders have made a promise in front of the\u00a0international\u00a0community, so while there could be twists and turns during the working-level negotiations, I think the leaders ultimately will be able to keep their promise,\u201d Moon said. \u201cIf the leaders don’t keep the promise they directly made in front of the\u00a0international\u00a0community, they would face the stern judgment of the\u00a0international\u00a0community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moon said his view is that Washington and Pyongyang have reached a broad agreement where North Korea completes its nuclear disarmament in exchange for the United States guaranteeing the country’s security and ending hostility in mutual relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the working-level negotiations, there could be debates on whether the chicken or egg should come first, and the countries could also go through a number of difficult phases,\u201d Moon said.<\/p>\n

Moon, the son of North Korean war refugees, has vowed to build on the legacies of liberal predecessors Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and their so-called \u201cSunshine Policy,\u201d which Moon had a hand in building. Seoul’s economic inducements resulted in a temporary rapprochement, and two summits with the North in 2000 and 2007 that involved then-North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Critics say it gave the North a lifeline as it pursued its nuclear dreams.<\/p>\n

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