With ball in his court, Trump welcomes inter-Korean summit. d: April 28, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — With the ball in his court, President Donald Trump said Saturday that “things are going very well” after a historic inter-Korean summit that led to promises to pursue denuclearization and a permanent peace on the divided peninsula.
Trump said he had spoken with South Korean President Moon Jae-in by telephone a day after Moon held a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that raised hopes of peace and reconciliation after decades of hostilities.
While short on specifics, the summit laid the groundwork for Trump’s upcoming meeting with Kim, which is expected in coming weeks.
“Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea,” Trump said in a tweet. “Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set.”
Trump said the list of potential summit sites has been narrowed to two countries, which he didn’t list.
He also said he had spoken with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “to inform him of the ongoing negotiations.”
"On Friday, Trump said he has a responsibility to try to achieve peace and denuclearization and vowed to maintain the U.S.-led maximum pressure campaign of punishing economic sanctions and other measures until that happens".
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a car as he returns to North Korea after the meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, on April 27, 2018. KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL/AP
*It should be duly noted and recognized, that if President Trump succeeds in both "Denuclearization and Reunification" of the Korean peninsula, He will be the first and only President to do so. History will show this. His presidency might be remembered for a lot of things, but the accomplishment of just this one thing, will place his Administration in the annals of historical significance. Mariner*
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