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North Korea expands threat to cancel Trump-Kim summit, saying it won’t be pushed to abandon its nukes
SEOUL — North Korea is rapidly moving the goal posts for next month’s summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump, saying the United States must stop insisting it “unilaterally” abandon its nuclear program and stop talking about a Libya-style solution to the standoff.
The latest warning, delivered by former North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Gye Gwan on Wednesday, fits Pyongyang’s well-established pattern of raising the stakes in negotiations by threatening to walk out if it doesn’t get its way.
This comes just hours after the North Korean regime cast doubt on the planned summit by protesting joint air force drills taking place in South Korea, saying they were ruining the diplomatic mood.
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North Korea’s decision to unilaterally postpone high-level talks between the two Koreas “is not in line with the spirit of the Panmunjom Declaration and is regrettable,” unification ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters on Wednesday.
“Such action of the North is inconsistent with the fundamental spirit and purpose of the Panmunjom Declaration agreed by the South and North leaders on April 27,” Baik said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-threatens-to-cancel-summit-with-trump-over-military-drills/2018/05/15/04a15a5e-5878-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0d49409d3fdd
The latest warning, delivered by former North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Gye Gwan on Wednesday, fits Pyongyang’s well-established pattern of raising the stakes in negotiations by threatening to walk out if it doesn’t get its way.
This comes just hours after the North Korean regime cast doubt on the planned summit by protesting joint air force drills taking place in South Korea, saying they were ruining the diplomatic mood.
...
North Korea’s decision to unilaterally postpone high-level talks between the two Koreas “is not in line with the spirit of the Panmunjom Declaration and is regrettable,” unification ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told reporters on Wednesday.
“Such action of the North is inconsistent with the fundamental spirit and purpose of the Panmunjom Declaration agreed by the South and North leaders on April 27,” Baik said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-threatens-to-cancel-summit-with-trump-over-military-drills/2018/05/15/04a15a5e-5878-11e8-8b92-45fdd7aaef3c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0d49409d3fdd
