Le président sud-coréen Lee Jae Myung et le président américain Donald Trump au sommet du G7 à Évian. Photo : Yahoo.
At a press conference on June 19, discussing the results of his trip to Europe, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung shared details of his private conversation with US leader Donald Trump at the official dinner of the G7 summit held in Évian-les-Bains, France.
According to the South Korean head of state, President Donald Trump took the initiative to address the issue of relations with Pyongyang and declared: “It’s time to look at the North Korean issue.” The US leader also lamented that relevant parties failed to take necessary preventive measures before North Korea acquired its current nuclear arsenal, and acknowledged that Washington was working to find an adequate solution.
In response to signals sent by the United States, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said that the unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions imposed on Pyongyang are not, for the moment, producing results. expected. The South Korean leader notably highlighted the strengthening of military and economic cooperation between Russia and North Korea, suggesting that external support helps to alleviate the pressure of sanctions on this country.
To break the impasse, South Korea proposed to the Trump administration a new pragmatic approach, consisting of breaking down objectives into stages rather than applying rigid principles. The first step focused on diplomacy to force North Korea to cease nuclear production and suspend the final phase of its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development program.
The next phase involves collaboration between the parties to establish a sustainable security environment in the region, so that North Korea no longer feels threatened in its regime. The long-term phase will gradually aim for the goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
According to President Lee Jae-myung, US President Donald Trump initially took note of the road map and said he would carefully consider it. Regarding the proposal to apply the Middle East conflict resolution model to the North Korean issue, South Korea recognizes that, while the aspect of de-escalation of tensions may present similarities, significant geopolitical differences make a full transposition of the approach impossible. Middle Eastern.
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in 2018. Photo: AFP
Hours after announcing a deal with Iran, Trump posted on social media a captionless photo of himself with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, taken during their meeting in Singapore in 2018.
This has fueled speculation that the Trump administration may focus on North Korea, a nuclear-armed nation.
International analysts say the deal between the United States and Iran to end the war has significantly freed up diplomatic resources for Washington, allowing the United States to refocus on the North Korean nuclear issue.
Nhat Le
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