President Trump: No 'Time Limit' To Denuclearize North Korea

Graphic showing the nuclear bomb test site and main missile test sites in North Korea. (Graphic: AFP/Gal Roma)

AFP: Trump now says no 'time limit' to denuclearize NKorea

Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday there is no hurry to denuclearize North Korea under his accord with Kim Jong Un -- a shift in tone from when the US leader said the process would start very soon.

"Discussions are ongoing and they're going very, very well," Trump told reporters.

"We have no time limit. We have no speed limit."

Trump said he discussed North Korea with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday at their summit in Helsinki.

"President Putin is going to be involved in the sense that he is with us," Trump said.

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WNU Editor: My contacts in the Far East tell me that it is going to take a few years. As to what is my take on how long it is going to take. There are no missile tests. There are no nuclear tests. Sanctions are still being enforced. The ball is in North Korea's court, and the onus is on them to do the next move .... which is going to take a long time. But so far .... everyone is proceeding with the expectation that relations, understandings,  and agreements are going to be respected. I guess that is why I am not surprised when I read reports like this one .... North, South Korea Militaries 'Fully' Restore Communication Line Across World's Most Heavily Fortified Border (Newsweek). Also this one .... North Korea to Hand Over Up to 55 Sets of US Remains Soon: Reports (Military.com).

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