NORTH Korea’s leader has agreed to dismantle his main nuclear complex but only if the United States does the same.
Kim Jong Un agreed on the second day of meetings with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on an ambitious programme meant to tackle soaring tensions between the two countries last year.
Moon and Kim stood side by side as they announced the statement to a group of North and South Korean reporters after a closed-door meeting.
“We have agreed to make the Korean Peninsula a land of peace that is free from nuclear weapons and nuclear threat,” Kim said at the guesthouse where Moon is staying.
Kim promised to accept international inspectors to monitor the closing of a key missile test site and launch pad and to visit Seoul soon, and both leaders vowed to work together to try to host the Summer Olympics in 2032.
But their joint statement appeared to fall short of the steps many in Washington have been looking for, including providing a list of North Korean nuclear facilities and a timeline for their closures.
US President Donald Trump tweeted that the Korean leaders’ agreements were “Very exciting!”.
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