President Moon Jae-In, presented to his Meeting with Kim as a full success. Important questions about the atom were not addressed complex or even solved. The decisive factor is the General willingness to approach.
Obviously in a good mood President of South Korea, is entering on Thursday evening, the press center in Seoul, only a few hours after his departure from North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong-Un. In front of almost 3,000 journalists-Moon, left no doubt realize that he will meet the three-day summit in Pyongyang as a resounding success evaluates: “We had Frank, honest discussions”. Kim Jong-Un have reaffirmed his will to the soon-to-be De-nuclear build-up.
In the joint Declaration of intent of the two heads of state this commitment to disarmament reflects, at least partially. On the one hand, Kim has promised to close the missile test facility in dongchang-ri permanently. While this was announced, North Korea’s ruler in June, compared with U.S. President Donald Trump at the summit in Singapore. What is new is that international inspectors should be allowed to Check into the country.
North Korea had already been destroyed in 2008 with the media in a cooling tower in its Central nuclear facility Yongbyon – nuclear rearmament went ahead anyway.
Disarmament linked to services in the United States
In addition, North Korea would disarm its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon. This clause, however, has one crucial drawback: it is subject to “corresponding measures” from Washington. What North Korea presents carefully – easing of sanctions or a peace Treaty – is not mentioned. In other words: Kim is vague enough to keep a comfortable Exit strategy open.
Seoul’s President said on Thursday that concrete steps to De-nuclear build-up can only be between Trump and Kim negotiated: “of Course, we exchanged our thoughts about possible scenarios, but these are not intended for publication”. However, the Moon will take those messages to Washington, to report to Trump. In this respect, Seoul is strengthening its role as a trust broker between North Korea and the United States.
The United States have shown the willingness, the last Stalled negotiation process with Pyongyang. So Washington has invited, among other things, North Korea’s Minister of foreign Affairs in the framework of the UN General Assembly in New York next week for talks.
The limit should be thanks to various measures, a less dangerous place
Breakthrough remains
The hoped-for breakthrough in North Korea’s nuclear issue, inter-Korean summit could not bring about, however. In the run-up to the meeting, the government expressed by members from Seoul repeated the vague hope that North Korea will win with a surprising concession, the trust of Washington – for example, by a Declaration of Parts of its nuclear program. However, this is not done, nor is Kim Jong-Un has put forward a concrete Definition of his idea of De-nuclear build-up.
“Of course, it would have been nice if North Korea would have published an inventory of its nuclear facilities,” says the Washington-based political expert Harry J. Kazianis: “But we must not lose the historical perspective: the summit events that gradually lead to great results. We are on the right path”.
North Korea US base in Guam, threatened now no longer an issue
Disarmament at the inner-Korean border
Away from the nuclear issue, the summit in Pyongyang, however, was a resounding success: without a Doubt, has become the Korean Peninsula since yesterday was a less dangerous place: Both Korea’s want to disarm the guard post in the demilitarised Zone, military exercises along the border exit and the end of the year with the restoration of the inter-Korean railway to start.
To feel the memory of the “fire and rage”-rhetoric between Trump and Kim from last year to now, Pyongyang agreed as a historical lucky enough: at that Time, the Korean state Peninsula, on the verge of war. Nothing today feel: Kim Jong-Un will visit this year, the South Korean capital, is the first North Korean head of state ever. A brave step. He will be welcomed in Seoul, tens of thousands of angry demonstrators – an impressive proof for one of the most vibrant democracies in Asia.
That moon’s North Korea policy gets among his countrymen, at least, broad support, show his poll numbers After drastic declines in the last weeks, these are increases in the most recent survey, shortly after the publication of summit results again to about 59 percent.