Real Progress Needed At Trump-Kim II: Analysts
Sumaira FH Published January 19, 2019 | 02:47 PM
The planned second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needs to make tangible progress on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons if it is to avoid being dismissed as "reality TV", analysts say
Seoul, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Jan, 2019 ) :The planned second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needs to make tangible progress on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons if it is to avoid being dismissed as "reality TV", analysts say.
Their summit in Singapore in June was undoubtedly historic, the first ever encounter between the leaders of two nations whose forces -- backed by arrays of allies from each side of the Cold War -- fought each other to a standstill decades ago.
The world's media were transfixed as the pair shook hands on the verandah of a historic hotel and strolled together in its grounds, before Trump held an hour-long press conference extraordinary even by his own unique standards.
But the agreement they signed was long on rhetoric and short on details, with Kim pledging to work towards the "denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula".
Progress has since stalled as Pyongyang and Washington disagree over what that means and how to achieve it, with each accusing the other of dragging their feet and acting in bad faith.
Critics say North Korea has made no concrete commitments and is unlikely to surrender its atomic arsenal, while Washington's policy of maintaining pressure through isolation and sanctions has left Pyongyang seething.
Even so the White House said Friday Trump would meet the North Korean leader again "near the end of February" at a location yet to be announced.
"Now the hard work begins," said Harry Kazianis of the Center for the National Interest in Washington.
"Both nations must now show at least some tangible benefits from their diplomatic effortsduring a second summit, or risk their efforts being panned as nothing more than reality tv."
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