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