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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 11:05 AM Jul 2018

South Korea's Moon says North Korea-U.S. talks 'on track', criticism a ploy

Source: Reuters



JULY 12, 2018 / 4:31 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

Hyonhee Shin

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that North Korea’s criticism of the United States after recent talks on denuclearisation was part of its strategy and negotiations between them are on the “right track”.

North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of making “gangster-like” demands in the talks in North Korea late last week, contradicting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who said the old enemies had made progress.

Moon, speaking in Singapore with its president and prime minister, said that talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula between North Korea and the United States may face hurdles and take time, his office said. “No one can be optimistic about the results, but my cautious outlook is that the negotiations would be able to succeed if the North carries out a complete denuclearisation, and the international community gathers efforts to provide security guarantees to the North,” Moon said.

The North’s criticism was a “strategy” meant to show its frustration about what it sees as a lack of action from the United States in response to the steps it had recently taken, Moon said.




Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea/south-koreas-moon-says-north-korea-u-s-talks-on-track-criticism-a-ploy-idUSKBN1K20XO

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South Korea's Moon says North Korea-U.S. talks 'on track', criticism a ploy (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
I guess onethatcares Jul 2018 #1
"On track" need only mean "just begun and not yet fucked up." Orsino Jul 2018 #2
k&r soryang Jul 2018 #3

onethatcares

(16,160 posts)
1. I guess
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 11:25 AM
Jul 2018

Pompeo is lieing then? Or Moon is lieing? But the story is different from each other.

Maybe NK did show up at the reparation site and our guys were using the rest room or getting something at Starbucks NK?

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
2. "On track" need only mean "just begun and not yet fucked up."
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 11:34 AM
Jul 2018

It's an optimistic framing, but understandable from anyone who doesn't want to die in a blast of neutrons.

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