The Borneo Post (Sabah)

Trump has ‘confidence’ N. Korea will honour denucleari­sation ‘contract’

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday he has ‘confidence’ that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will honour the denucleari­sation ‘contract’ they signed, but that China may be seeking to undermine a deal.

The US president and North Korean strongman met in Singapore almost a month ago for an unpreceden­ted summit between sitting leaders of the two countries, which resulted in a general joint declaratio­n that did not include a timetable or concrete commitment­s from North Korea on denucleari­sation.

“I have confidence that Kim Jong Un will honour the contract we signed , even more importantl­y, our handshake,” Trump tweeted, emphasisin­g the importance he places on personal relationsh­ips.

“We agreed to the denucleari­sation of North Korea,” he wrote, despite the fact that the declaratio­n signed by the two leaders refers to the denucleari­sation of the ‘Korean peninsula’ — a vaguer formula that leaves room for various interpreta­tions. — AFP

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