Trump-Kim Meet ends with promise
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Trump-Kim Meet ends with promise

News:

  1. At the recent Singapore Summit, USA and North Korea has signed a joint statement

Important facts:

  1. Key highlights of the joint statement:
  • Commitment to establish U.S.–DPRK relations
  • USA-DPRK collective efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula
  • Reaffirming the Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK has committed to working towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
  • Recovering remains of the prisoners of war and those missing in action including the immediate repatriation of those already identified
  1. Steps to be taken for Denuclearization:

Joint statement has mentioned steps to be taken by North Korea for denuclearization:

  • Dismantle and remove nuclear weapons from the country
  • Halt uranium enrichment- According to a 2014 Rand report, North Korea has 5 nuclear enrichment sites
  • Shut down nuclear test sites- Recently, North Korea closed its nuclear test site at Mount Mantap

  • End fuel production for hydrogen bomb- two suspected sites: Yongbyon and near Hamhung
  • Destroy germ weapons: Eliminate anthrax and other deadly biological weapons
  • Destroy chemical weapons: Eliminate sarin, VX and other lethal agents
  • Limit missile programme- Eliminate the long-range threat to the U.S. and mid-range missile threat to Japan and South Korea
  • However, no deadline has been mentioned
  1. US-South Korea joint Exercises:
  • At present, 28,500 US Troops are stationed in South Korea. This is to restrain a possible North Korean invasion
  • Since the 1970s, US-South Korea have held a major military exercise called Ulchi Freedom Guardian
  • Also conducted operation Foal Eagle (field-training exercise) and Operation Key Resolve (command post exercise)
  1. Trump’s Statement
  • Announced that US would suspend military exercises with South Korea
  • The US to provide security guarantees to North Korea in exchange of commitment towards complete denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
  • Sanctions on North Korea to continue at present.

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