Unic Press UK: The scheduled summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is not necessarily in the balance yet. However the North Koreans are already issuing warning statements, saying that the U.S. claim that the proposed summit is the result of sanctions is “misleading”.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state news agency of North Korea, reported the statements by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in response to a question on Sunday regarding the U.S. position that increased pressure against the DPRK was key to agreed summit between the U.S president and the North Korean leader.
“Recently, the U.S. is misleading the public opinion, arguing as if the DPRK’s clarification of its intention for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula made through the Panmunjom Declaration adopted at the historic north-south summit is the result of so-called sanctions and pressure. At the same time, it is making open remarks that it would not ease the sanctions and pressure until the DPRK gives up its nuclear weapons completely and also moving to aggravate the situation on the Korean peninsula by deploying strategic assets on the peninsula and increasing its attempt of taking up “human rights” issue against the DPRK. The U.S. is deliberately provoking the DPRK at the time when the situation on the Korean peninsula is moving toward peace and reconciliation thanks to the historic north-south summit and the Panmunjom Declaration. This act cannot be construed otherwise than a dangerous attempt to ruin the hardly-won atmosphere of dialogue and bring the situation back to square one. It would not be conducive to addressing the issue if the U.S. miscalculates the peace-loving intention of the DPRK as a sign of “weakness” and continues to pursue its pressure and military threats against the latter.”
