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Missed opportunity: on cancellation of Trump-Kim summit
News:
- American President Donald Trump’s abruptly call off his planned June 12 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore.
Important Analysis
- US decision to call off the meeting has dashed hopes of a breakthrough between US and North Korea. It also heightened risks of a confrontation on the Korean peninsula.
- After the announcement of summit proposal, North Korea makes a series of gestures meant to improve the path for the meeting
- North korea and south Korean President Moon Jae-in meet at a border village in the demilitarised zone.
- The North pledged to halt nuclear and missile tests,
- Released three Korean-Americans.
- It dismantled its Punggye-ri nuclear test site
- In return US response was not so positive
- US conducts a a joint military exercise with South Korea.
- Trump’s National Security Adviser, John Bolton, angered the North Koreans by suggesting that Mr. Kim could follow the 2003 Libyan disarmament model.
- Despite the setback, hopes for an eventual one-to-one meeting still exist. North Korea said US to reconsider their decision to unilaterally cancel the summit.
- Both leaders should address the crisis with diplomacy. They work in collaboration for the de-escalation of tension, if not outright denuclearisation, on the peninsula and work to reschedule the summit.
