Trump 'Clearly' Wants Dialogue with Pyongyang: South Korean President
Lee said Trump wants talks with Pyongyang as Seoul keeps troops out of the Iran war and U.S.-South Korea drills are scaled back.
- On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stated at the Blue House that President Donald Trump seeks dialogue with North Korea, while confirming Seoul will not deploy military forces to the Iran war.
- Lee said South Korea is continuing "preliminary coordination efforts" to facilitate talks between Washington and Pyongyang, noting that while a summit "remains difficult... but is not impossible," Seoul must make every possible effort.
- Regarding the conflict involving Israel and the United States, Lee reiterated that Seoul will "carry out the minimum necessary activities" to protect merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining a principle of non-involvement.
- President Trump recently complained that Washington received "very little help" from allies like South Korea, which hosts about 28,500 United States troops as a legacy of the Korean War.
- The leader's sister warned of a "more offensive" response to military drills, while Pyongyang maintains a stockpile of 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons, signaling continued resistance to overtures.
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In any case, there will soon be a new summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un? Signs are condensing. Trump "clearly made clear that he wanted a dialogue, now he should let actions follow," South Korea's head of state Lee Jae Myung explained.
Donald Trump, who has met Kim Jong One several times during his first term, seeks to revive the link and has indicated that he intends to meet him again by the end of the year.
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung has rejected US demands for his country's participation in the Iran war.
South Korea will not participate militarily in the US war in the Middle East, President Lee Jae-Myung announces. However, they are working to arrange a new meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un.
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South Korea will continue to help ‘create an opening’ for Trump-Kim summit: Lee
South Korea is “continuing behind-the-scenes coordination to help create an opening” for dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea, which in turn could help pave the way for inter-Korean dialogue, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said during a press conference at the Blue House on Friday. Lee expressed hope for a summit between President […]
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