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Trump-Kim Chemistry Will Not Sway N. Korea On Denuclearization

Christy Lee

   WASHINGTON - The personal relationship between North Korean leader Kim
   Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump has no impact on Pyongyang's
   denuclearization stance toward Washington, said experts.

   "The recent North Korean statement responding to Trump's birthday card
   was very clear," said Robert Manning, a senior fellow at the Atlantic
   Council. "The personal feelings between Trump and Kim have no bearing
   on DPRK policy."

   The DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the
   official English name for North Korea.

   Over the past two years, Trump has attempted to parlay his personal
   relationship with Kim into a breakthrough on denuclearization talks.
   [1]Pyongyang dismissed that gambit over the weekend, dimming hopes that
   negotiations with Washington would resume based on the two leaders'
   personal chemistry.

   Kim Kye Gwan, advisor to North Korea's Foreign Ministry, said, "As
   acknowledged by the world, it is true that the personal relationship
   between Chairman of our State Affairs Commission [Kim] and President
   Trump are not bad."

   He continued, "But it is absentminded to think of either making us
   return to the dialogue with the U.S. by taking the advantage of such
   relationships or creating an atmosphere for it."

References

   1. https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1578726071-909554989/statement-issued-by-advisor-of-dprk-foreign-ministry/

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