Tuesday, October 1, 2019

North Korea Says Nuclear Talks With US Will Resume On Oct. 5





Reuters: North Korea, U.S. to hold working-level talks at weekend: KCNA

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States have agreed to hold working-level talks on Oct. 5, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, a development that would break months of stalemate since a failed summit in February.

Talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs have been stalled in a holding pattern since the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam ended without a deal.

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Update #1: North Korea, US say nuclear talks to resume this weekend (AP)
Update #2: US, N. Korea to resume nuclear talks this weekend amid sanctions stalemate (France 24)

WNU Editor: The career diplomats and the specialists are now going to work on the details, and I suspect that we will be hearing for the next few months complaints that the other side is not compromising enough. My analysis on these talks has not changed. It is going to take long time for anything substantive to come from these talks, and there is no guarantee of success.

3 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

Trump is going to have another sad, disillusioned face.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow Bob is right again. .I remember even how Obama fixed it while there was actually something the military could have done. .you know. .before 2014 and the sale of mobile missile launchers to north Korea and before they had more than 60 nukes. You absolute m*ron, respectfully :)

Bob Huntley said...

Anon you would think by now that you would know I consider Obama a bitter disappointment to his followers and a political hack.