US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un at their summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 28 (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Associate ProfessorSandip Kumar Mishra at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India recentlygave positive assessments on the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, which tookplace on February 27-28.
In an article posted on The Korea Timesnewspaper of the Republic of Korea, the Indian scholar said that although USPresident Donald Trump and the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un failed to reach anagreement after the summit, it is important to underline some positives fromthe meeting.
First, another summit between the US andthe DPRK within eight months of the first summit in Singapore was a clearindication that both parties have been trying to resolve the issue. Amid manyimportant happenings, such as the US-China trade war, and India-Pakistantension, US President Trump went ahead with the scheduled meeting must beappreciated.
Second, the Hanoi summit is also better interms of the extensive dialogue which both countries had at the highest level.Both leaders spent several hours over the last two days in different waystalking to each other. It would have definitely led each other to know abouttheir respective positions and preferences. It is important for any deal in thefuture that both parties should have more exchanges and the summit provided onesuch platform.
Third, it also must be underlined that it ismature on the part of both countries to depart from the summit in Hanoi withnot too bitter words about each other.
Fourth, the absence of a joint declarationalso means that both countries have reached the core of the problem and it mustbe understood that it is not going to be easy going forward.
Fifth, resolution of the DPRK nuclear andmissile programmes could be achieved only through building trust between the USand the DPRK and as mentioned by US President Trump in the press conferenceafter his talks with the DPRK leader, postponement of a deal is better than abad deal.
It could also be added that a postponementof a deal is also better than having a deal which is not being followed throughon and a deal which accompanies lack of trust between the parties, he noted.-VNA
In an article posted on The Korea Timesnewspaper of the Republic of Korea, the Indian scholar said that although USPresident Donald Trump and the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un failed to reach anagreement after the summit, it is important to underline some positives fromthe meeting.
First, another summit between the US andthe DPRK within eight months of the first summit in Singapore was a clearindication that both parties have been trying to resolve the issue. Amid manyimportant happenings, such as the US-China trade war, and India-Pakistantension, US President Trump went ahead with the scheduled meeting must beappreciated.
Second, the Hanoi summit is also better interms of the extensive dialogue which both countries had at the highest level.Both leaders spent several hours over the last two days in different waystalking to each other. It would have definitely led each other to know abouttheir respective positions and preferences. It is important for any deal in thefuture that both parties should have more exchanges and the summit provided onesuch platform.
Third, it also must be underlined that it ismature on the part of both countries to depart from the summit in Hanoi withnot too bitter words about each other.
Fourth, the absence of a joint declarationalso means that both countries have reached the core of the problem and it mustbe understood that it is not going to be easy going forward.
Fifth, resolution of the DPRK nuclear andmissile programmes could be achieved only through building trust between the USand the DPRK and as mentioned by US President Trump in the press conferenceafter his talks with the DPRK leader, postponement of a deal is better than abad deal.
It could also be added that a postponementof a deal is also better than having a deal which is not being followed throughon and a deal which accompanies lack of trust between the parties, he noted.-VNA
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