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Summit with North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un abruptly
cancelled by President Trump on Thursday~~ Kim's
Response!
By mickielynn on 2018-05-25 07:58:47
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A man walks past a television
screen showing President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. On Thursday, the White House cancelled a June 12
summit with the North Korean leader. Getty images-Jung Yeon Je/AFP[/caption] Thursday morning, afternoon, or evening,
depending on where in the world you were, the world woke to the news that President Trump had cancelled the just recently
established summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Just the day before (Wednesday, May 23, 2018) Trump was
making statements that the likelihood of the summit taking place was decreasing but was still preparing for the event in
Singapore scheduled for Tuesday, June 12th. Here's the link to a really good audio summary _aired early Thursday morning
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PENCE; THIS WILL END LIKE LIBYA
IF KIM JONG UN DOESN'T MAKE DEAL
BREAKING TONIGHT :
Mike Pence on a Fox News
interview this past Monday, May 21, 2018[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11245" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
National security adviser John
Bolton in April 2018 "There's nobody in the Trump administration who's starry-eyed about whats happening here." Photo by
Nicholas Kamm-AFP-Getty Images[/caption] This unilateral action although destructive and unfortunate was not that
surprising if one followed the process from Trump's impulsive and surprising agreement in March to meet with Kim[leading
to the various verbal gestures of good (or at least better) will.] Within the context of the current lack of diplomatic support
at the State Department. Followed by the recent appointments of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State and John Bolton as
National Security advisor. Then the recent staging of very large, very aggressive US and South Korean military exercises,
including nuclear bomb capable aircraft. Escalating to the hostile_and threatening statements of the US towards North
Korea during the past week met by angry responses by North Korean leaders. [caption id="attachment_11235"
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Korea peace talks in jeopardy
after hostile exchanges by US leaders and North Korean leaders[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11261"
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Lewis says the summit was driven by Trump's ego more than a desire for disarmament. Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty
Images[/caption] As it became clear that there hadn't been nearly enough lower level meetings to prepare the ground for
productive definitions of the terms for negotiations and that there wouldn't be some miraculous solution in one meeting, but
that this would be a long and gradual process. It wasn't surprising that President Trump decided to exit the summit. What
was surprising (at least as a matter of degree) was the fact that he consulted no one in Congress or in his Cabinet and that he
failed to inform his allies of his decision until he announced it. So he exited his agreement to meet in the same impulsive
manner that he had made it. If you want to read the letter that Trump sent to Kim here's the link. It was a mixture of seeming
hope for a future meeting mixed with the usual threats and bullying that had been dialed down since the Olympic diplomacy
begun by South Korean diplomats, especially President Moon Jae In, who had just come to Washington DC to try and shore
up the deteriorating negotiations this Tuesday. In spite of being blindsided by this decision, President Moon immediately
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Summit Press Pool-AP[/caption] Ironically the day of the announcement was the same day that, as a gesture of willingness
to begin compliance with nuclear negotiations, North Korea invited international media to observe the destruction of a
nuclear test site in the southeastern part of the country that had been used as a test site since 2009. [caption
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of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site taken on Wednesday, May 23,2018[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11231"
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Works at Punggye-ri North
Korean only known nuclear test site, From The Guardian newspaper[/caption] Kim Jong Un keeps the door to
negotiations open. This was the point that I went to sleep on Thursday night thinking that a lot would depend on North
Korea's response if we were to not squander this chance for continued negotiations of an effective form. And I awoke to find
that North Korea had made a response that would allow the negotiations to continue, placing the ball in the US' court.
We express our willingness to sit down face-to-face with the US and resolve issues anytime and in any format,”
North Korea’s vice foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan said in a statement. “Our commitment to doing our best for
the sake of peace and stability for the world and the Korean Peninsula remains unchanged, and we are open-
minded in giving time and opportunity to the US.
The ambiguity in President Trump's letter and the continued opening by North Korea perhaps allows for negotiations to
continue in a more phased in and realistic form if patience and true desire for peace allows this. And if "National Security
Advisor" John Bolton, who as recently as February of 2018 wrote in a Wall Street Journal article that that the United States
should engage in a preemptive nuclear strike against North Korea stops trying to sabotage any diplomatic solution in favor
of war instead.
The South vowed to continue dialogue with North Korea on denuclearisation, while foreign ministers from
South Korea and the US said they would continue working towards a US-North Korea summit. Mike Pompeo,
Washington’s top diplomat, said there was “clear will” to continue dialogue with Pyongyang during his call with
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Conversation continued between Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo
on Friday morning[/caption] In an unusually quick reply, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan
said early Friday morning that his country is still willing to give the U.S. "time and opportunities" to talk
anytime and in any form.
Here's another, more recent timeline and analysis from the BBC online news site including a video of the destruction of the
nuclear test site. North Korea ready to talk 'at any time' with Donald Trump At this early time of cancellation and changes,
with both sides blaming each other, it's going to take careful and patient diplomacy with support from the regional states and
our other allies if this can succeed. [caption id="attachment_10867" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
Christine Ahn with Maud and
David Easter who visited North Korea in the 1980s on a peacemaking mission.[/caption] Earlier in May one of our Women
Against War long time coordinators, and expert on the Korean Peninsula, Maud Easter, explained in an interview on
WAMC just why it's so important to reach a peace agreement with North Korea. This is a 14 minute interview with Maud
hts on the Korean Peninsula since the 1970's.
NUCLEAR WAR
who has been working on issues of peace and people's rig
www.codepink.org/peacetreaty
