TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT
RAISES HOPE FOR WORLD PEACE
Less than one year after threatening
each other with nuclear war, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Supreme
Leader Kim Jong-un will meet for the first time to discuss possible
denuclearization of the hermit kingdom. While Trump expressed his willingness to invite Kim to the
White House, the latter committed to 'complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula'
in the joint document signed between the two countries on Tuesday, 12 June,2018. India and the European Union have hailed the
talks between Trump and Kim as a ‘positive development’
The 41-minute-long, one-on-one summit
ended with Donald Trump asserting that US and North Korea have an “excellent
relationship” “We have decided to let go of the past and now the world will see
a major change,” said Kim Jong Un after the summit
Around Asia and the world, many have
welcomed the flurry of diplomacy in recent months between the two adversaries,
after a year of mounting tension, threats and name-calling. Hopes for peace on
the long-divided Korean Peninsula, however, remain tempered by the many failed
attempts in the past.“The United States and North Korea have been in a state of
antagonism for more than half a century,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
said. “Today, that the two countries’ highest leaders can sit together and have
equal talks, has important and positive meaning, and is creating a new
history.”
India welcomed the US-DPRK Summit
held in Singapore today. "This is a positive development. India has always
supported all efforts to bring about peace and stability in the Korean
Peninsula through dialogue and diplomacy. We hope that the outcomes of the
US-DPRK Summit will be implemented, thus paving the way for lasting peace and
stability in the Korean Peninsula. We also hope that the resolution of the
Korean Peninsula issue will take into account and address our concerns about
proliferation linkages extending to India's neighbourhood," the Ministry
of External Affairs said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
welcomed Kim’s written commitment to complete denuclearization in an agreement
signed with Trump at the end of their meeting in Singapore.
Prof. John Kurakar
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