Here is the latest development on the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore:
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shows an envelope containing a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Kim Yong-chol, left, vice chairman of the North Korean Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, delivered the envelope to Trump in person. [YONHAP]President Moon Jae-in will join North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore next week to declare an end to the Korean War, which has technically been running for 68 years, according to a diplomatic source.
“Preparations are already underway for President Moon to declare a formal end to the Korean War with the two leaders on June 12, the date of the North-U.S. summit, or the next day on the 13th,” said the source, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
“Singapore has already begun preparations to host President Moon [for a trilateral meeting].”
If realized, the three leaders standing together to declare the Korean War’s end will certainly be a charged symbolic moment, but it will not have legal force. (…………)
Expectations of a declaration to end the Korean War arose after Trump’s remarks early Saturday, when he said signing of a statement to end it would be “very important,” after a meeting with Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the North Korean Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, who delivered a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“We talked about ending the war,” Trump said on the south lawn after Kim Yong-chol left the White House. “And you know, this war has been going on – it’s got to be the longest war – almost 70 years, right? And there is a possibility of something like that.
“Can you believe that we’re talking about the ending of the Korean War?” he continued. “You’re talking about 70 years.”
He said the declaration will be “more of a signing of a document,” and “very important.” [Joong Ang Ilbo]
You can read much more at the link, but is it just me or does it seem like President Moon was very eager to once again get the spotlight on him by forcing his way into this summit?
Anyway the so called into the Korean War won’t really be an end because the United Nations Armistice Command and China will also have to agree to the end of the Korean War to make it official. This will allow President Trump to easily back out on this declaration at a later date if the Kim regime does not live up to whatever commitments they are prepared to make.
Is South Korea prepared for a “Fall of the Berlin Wall”-like event where tens or hundreds of thousands of poor North Koreans come streaming down when their forced separation is lifted?
setnaffa
6 years ago
If Moon is planning to announce the end of the war before the nukes are disposed of off-site, so to speak, it will not affect the USFK status with regards the communist forces, just his eagerness to surrender.
J6Junkie
6 years ago
Commie Moon needs to be there for his Master KJU. The world will see how eager of a foot servant the ROK president is.
Flyingsword
6 years ago
Joec, yeah, that will make for bad press if you have the South Korean military trying to keep nK civilians out….
J6Junkie
6 years ago
I think the SK military will be handing them warm rice and samgyopsal and taking care of their new Northern overlords.
Is South Korea prepared for a “Fall of the Berlin Wall”-like event where tens or hundreds of thousands of poor North Koreans come streaming down when their forced separation is lifted?
If Moon is planning to announce the end of the war before the nukes are disposed of off-site, so to speak, it will not affect the USFK status with regards the communist forces, just his eagerness to surrender.
Commie Moon needs to be there for his Master KJU. The world will see how eager of a foot servant the ROK president is.
Joec, yeah, that will make for bad press if you have the South Korean military trying to keep nK civilians out….
I think the SK military will be handing them warm rice and samgyopsal and taking care of their new Northern overlords.
Maybe President Trump decided to have President Moon attend the summit so he can pick up Kim Jong-un’s hotel tab for him? 😎