RoK considers any progress through second DPRK-USA Summit significant

Any concession given by US President Donald Trump or Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un at the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam will be significant as it will be a step forwards in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, stated Spokesperson of the RoK presidential office Kim Eui-kyeom on February 27.
RoK considers any progress through second DPRK-USA Summit significant ảnh 1US President Donald Trump (R) and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un at the US-DPRK summit in Singapore in 2018 (Photo: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) – Any concession given by USPresident Donald Trump or Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leaderKim Jong-un at the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam will be significantas it will be a step forwards in the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula,stated Spokesperson of the RoK presidentialoffice Kim Eui-kyeom on February 27.

Speaking to the media, Kimsaid that it cannot be thought that only a big deal reached through the meetingmeans success, but a small also does, too.

The spokesperson’sannouncement came following some statement that the second DPRK-USA summit willonly reach some progress if a big deal is made when the DPRK agrees toimplement positive steps in denuclearisation.

Kim Eui-kyeom held that a bigdeal must include smaller ones.

A White House statementrevealed that the leaders of the US and the DPRK will have a 20-minute meetingbefore having dinner together on February 27. They are scheduled to have aseries of official meetings on February 28.

The DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnamis an important political and external relations event of Vietnam in 2019. Thehosting of the event is part of the activities to realize the country’s policyof being a trustworthy friend and partner of the international community.-VNA
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