‘These moves are expected to help resolve the international community’s doubts toward North Korea’s preemptive dismantling moves in the past as a mere show.’
On the second day of meetings between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea, Kim proposed a few steps toward concrete denuclearization, but only if the United States reciprocates as well.
A few of the plans Kim made involved furthering peace talks with South Korea and making his first visit to the country’s capital of Seoul, The New York Times reported.
Kim also pledged to end military exercises and create no-fly zones at the border between the two countries in an effort to calm the nerves that have grown after reports that Kim was actually increasing his nuclear capacity after he promised to denuclearize in his June meeting with U. S. President Donald Trump.
In relation to such denuclearization, however, Kim made a notable promise to dismantle a missile engine-test facility while also inviting “external inspectors” to watch over the dismantling to ensure it is disabled.
“We have agreed to make the Korean Peninsula a land of peace that is free from nuclear weapons and nuclear threat,” Kim said, according to The Washington Post . “The road to our future will not always be smooth, and we may face challenges and trials we can’t anticipate.”
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Kim is referring to the Yongbyon nuclear complex, which is central to his country’s nuclear program.
