A North Korea-US summit would be a major turnaround after a year in which Pyongyang has carried out a battery of missile tests Washington sees as provocative
Hopes for a breakthrough between the US and North Korea over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme have risen after Donald Trump said he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
But there is some confusion over the timing after Trump issued a cryptic Tweet saying: » a deal with North Korea was in the making. Time and Place to be determined. »
A Trump-Kim summit would be a major turnaround after a year in which North Korea has carried out a battery of missile tests that Washington sees as provocative.
But analysts are warning of a long negotiation road ahead.
Tony Dalton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace says any talks would start from a very different place to 10-years ago.
« North Korea has advanced a lot in the last 10 years in its nuclear and missile capabilities… which means we can’t simply dust off the plans and the agreements from 2005 and 2007, » he explains.
