North Korea wants US to make 'bold move' towards peace before denuclearization, source says
Source: CNN
By Will Ripley, Kevin Liptak and Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 1318 GMT (2118 HKT) July 23, 2018
Washington (CNN)Continued negotiations between the United States and North Korea hinge on Washington's willingness to make a "bold move" and agree to a peace treaty with Pyongyang, according to an official with close knowledge of North Korea's position on the matter.
If the US is unwilling to replace the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War with a permanent peace that would ensure the survival of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime, Pyongyang will likely not proceed further with denuclearization talks, the source said.
The establishment of a legally binding peace treaty would require the approval of two-thirds of the US Senate.
North Korea is putting pressure on the administration of US President Donald Trump to begin lifting sanctions, according to the official, believing they have done "so much" by freezing nuclear and missile testing, destroying one of their nuclear sites, and facilitating the upcoming repatriation of US service members' war remains.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/23/politics/trump-north-korea-frustration-intl/index.html
Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)pecosbob
(7,537 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)A toilet doesn't keep tweeting about what a strong leader and friend you are after you use it.
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)Same ol' playbook
NCjack
(10,279 posts)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Played Trump like a Stradivarius violin. Time for Trump to blame this failure on someone -- maybe former Pres. Obama.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Jim__
(14,075 posts)Javaman
(62,517 posts)I would say, fat chance, but alas...
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)That should make them feel nice and safe!
sinkingfeeling
(51,445 posts)marble falls
(57,077 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)I can practically hear his petulant cries to "totally obliterate them both with my massive nukes" from my porch.
Bozvotros
(785 posts)Putin made him bark like a dog and go through an oligarch spanking machine. What's left?....................... I'VE GOT IT!! In honor of denuclearization Trump will hang by an atomic wedgie on the lead float in the next military parade.