U.S. President Donald Trump has
shown excitement at the decision of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un to suspend
all nuclear and missile tests.
Trump tweeted shortly after the
announcement from Pyongyang that Kim has declared that he would suspend nuclear
and missile tests starting from Saturday and that he would shut down the site
where the previous six nuclear tests were conducted.
Trump tweeted: “North Korea has
agreed to suspend all Nuclear Tests and close up a major test site.
“This is very good news for North
Korea and the World – big progress! Look forward to our Summit”.
North Korea’s KCNA reported that
Kim said the regime no longer needs nuclear tests or intercontinental ballistic
missile tests.
“Under the proven condition of
complete nuclear weapons, we no longer need any nuclear tests, mid-range and
intercontinental ballistic rocket tests, and that the nuclear test site in
northern area has also completed its mission,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying.
The surprising announcement came
just six days before Kim is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in,
preparatory to a historic summit between Kim and Trump.
Trump is set to meet Kim at the
end of May or beginning of June, however, a location has not yet been set.
Next Friday, Kim will cross the
Military Demarcation Line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the
Korean War in 1953, becoming the first North Korean leader to do so since then.
He would step into “Peace House”
on the southern side of the line to meet Moon, with their encounter being
broadcast live.
Moon signaled this week that
everything was on the table at the meeting.
“North Korea is expressing its
intention for complete denuclearisation and it is not making demands that the
U.S. cannot accept, such as the withdrawal of the U.S. forces in Korea,” Moon
said on Thursday.
The U.S. military has 28,000
troops stationed in South Korea, with back-ups in Japan and on Guam – the
legacy of the standoff that has ensued since the Korean War ended in an
armistice in 1953. (NAN)
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