Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, disclosed this at the Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea
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Buhari said this when he received Letters of Credence from High Commissioner of Malaysia to Nigeria, Gloria Corina Peter Tiwet, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
North and South Korea are planning another round of reunions at the end of October for families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War as the rivals’ diplomatic ties continue to thaw.
Trump said this on his return from a summit in Singapore with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un.
This was contained in a statement issued by “Implementing today’s and previous agreements reached, in accordance with relevant security council resolutions, will require patience and support from the global community,” the council spokesman, Stephen Dujarric, said in a statement on Tuesday.
This announcement is boosting hopes of a deal to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula.
Tuesday’s talks in Singapore marked the first time that a sitting US president had met a North Korean leader.
Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “comprehensive” document, following a historic summit in Singapore aimed at the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
“I believe this summit is only the first step of a much longer and difficult process. The fact that it occurs is already positive.
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, made this disclosure on Monday.
Trump said while leaving Canada that he was going on a mission of peace for the world.
Sadly, based on tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel like it is inappropriate at this time to have this long planned summit.”
It was the clearest sign yet that the on-again off-again summit between Trump and Kim is likely to be held as initially agreed, in Singapore on June 12.
Trump told reporters at the White House: “We’re going to see what happens. It could even be the 12th”, referring to the original date set for the meeting in Singapore.
Trump stated: “Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea.
Referring to a scheduled June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader:
Trump, who held a bilateral meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, at the White House, said he would be okay with whatever happens about the summit
On Tuesday, South Korean media reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to cancel the summit because of U.S.-South Korean military exercises currently taking place.
North Korea threw the June 12 summit between Kim and Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks of diplomatic progress by saying it may reconsider if Washington insists it unilaterally gives up its nuclear weapons.
The flight carrying Kim Hak-Song, Tony Kim and Kim Dong-Chul is scheduled to land at 2.00 a.m (0600 GMT) on Thursday at a military base outside Washington.