Crucial week of North Korea nuclear diplomacy ahead
- 5 years ago
It's being billed by experts and North Korea watchers as one of the most important weeks for North Korea nuclear diplomacy in quite some time.
Sitting at a crossroads in the stalled negotiations, the next several days could make or break efforts to get the denuclearization process back on track,... with a slew of diplomatic events and summits coming thick and fast.
Lee Min-sun reports.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to North Korea and the exchange of letters between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea, there's rising expectation denuclearization negotiations are on the brink of restarting.
Major countries involved with the denuclearization of North Korea have a packed diplomatic schedule this week.
And many watchers believe the next several days are likely to be a turning point for negotiations that have been in limbo for months.
The U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, is scheduled to visit South Korea toward the middle of this week.
His visit is mainly to prepare for the South Korea-U.S. summit that will take place right after this weekend's G20 summit in Osaka.
But Biegun is also likely to work on establishing working-level talks between Pyeongyang and Washington and may even contact North Korea during his stay in Seoul.
Later this week, a series of summits are lined up between the U.S., China, and South Korea at the G20 summit, which runs for two days from Friday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will sit down with the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. to discuss denuclearization as he pledged to do during his recent summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyeongyang.
Discussions related to the North's denuclearization are expected to be analyzed after U.S. President Donald Trump holds a summit with President Moon Jae-in in Seoul this coming weekend.
Japanese media reports that after his summit with Moon, Trump might visit the Demilitarized Zone and give a speech related to the denuclearization negotiations. President Trump wanted to visit the DMZ in 2017, but the trip was canceled due to inclement weather conditions.
South Korea's presidential office says the DMZ visit has not been confirmed,... but it's still coordinating schedules with the U.S. about the trip.
Lee Min-sun Arirang News.
Sitting at a crossroads in the stalled negotiations, the next several days could make or break efforts to get the denuclearization process back on track,... with a slew of diplomatic events and summits coming thick and fast.
Lee Min-sun reports.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to North Korea and the exchange of letters between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea, there's rising expectation denuclearization negotiations are on the brink of restarting.
Major countries involved with the denuclearization of North Korea have a packed diplomatic schedule this week.
And many watchers believe the next several days are likely to be a turning point for negotiations that have been in limbo for months.
The U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, is scheduled to visit South Korea toward the middle of this week.
His visit is mainly to prepare for the South Korea-U.S. summit that will take place right after this weekend's G20 summit in Osaka.
But Biegun is also likely to work on establishing working-level talks between Pyeongyang and Washington and may even contact North Korea during his stay in Seoul.
Later this week, a series of summits are lined up between the U.S., China, and South Korea at the G20 summit, which runs for two days from Friday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will sit down with the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. to discuss denuclearization as he pledged to do during his recent summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyeongyang.
Discussions related to the North's denuclearization are expected to be analyzed after U.S. President Donald Trump holds a summit with President Moon Jae-in in Seoul this coming weekend.
Japanese media reports that after his summit with Moon, Trump might visit the Demilitarized Zone and give a speech related to the denuclearization negotiations. President Trump wanted to visit the DMZ in 2017, but the trip was canceled due to inclement weather conditions.
South Korea's presidential office says the DMZ visit has not been confirmed,... but it's still coordinating schedules with the U.S. about the trip.
Lee Min-sun Arirang News.