Japan plans to maintain maximum pressure on North Korea in close coordination with the United States to make Pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs, amid reviving prospects for a U. S.-North Korea summit in June, government officials said Sunday. The government scrambled to gather information to help
Japan plans to maintain maximum pressure on North Korea in close coordination with the United States to make Pyongyang abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs, amid reviving prospects for a U. S.-North Korea summit in June, government officials said Sunday.
The government scrambled to gather information to help it understand what was behind U. S. President Donald Trump’s recent back and forth on the potential summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
Over the weekend, Trump and Kim respectively expressed their readiness to meet on June 12 as originally planned, after days of conflicting signals from both sides.
« It’s hard to predict (what will happen). We need to prepare for all possibilities, » a senior Foreign Ministry official said, referring to Trump’s approach to North Korea.
Another government source said, « We should not be swayed by what is happening right now. What’s needed is to coordinate firmly with the U.
