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Trump-Kim Meet ends with promise
News:
- At the recent Singapore Summit, USA and North Korea has signed a joint statement
Important facts:
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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.
