North Korea's Kim says to work for 'welcomed' result in second Trump summit - Xinhua

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China January 8, 2019, in this picture released by Xinhua January 10, 2019. Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via REUTERS

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a visit to China his country would try to make a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump achieve a result that the international community would welcome, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

 

Kim also told Chinese President Xi Jinping he hoped relevant sides would take North Korea's "reasonable concerns" seriously and respond to them to promote a comprehensive resolution on the Korean peninsula, China's official news agency said.

 

The visit to China, Kim's fourth in the past year, followed reports of advanced negotiations for a second summit between Washington and Pyongyang aimed at resolving the standoff over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes.

 

Kim and Trump pledged to work towards denuclearisation at their landmark summit in Singapore in June but the agreement was short on specifics. Negotiations have made little headway since.

 

"The DPRK will continue sticking to the stance of denuclearisation and resolving the Korean Peninsula issue through dialogue and consultation, and make efforts for the second summit between DPRK and U.S. leaders to achieve results that will be welcomed by the international community," Xinhua quoted Kim as saying.

 

DPRK, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is North Korea's official name.

 

The Chinese state news agency described the atmosphere in talks between Kim and Xi as "cordial and friendly" and said the two reached important consensus, agreeing to make joint efforts to promote development.

 

It said China supported the North's adherence to "the direction of denuclearisation" on the peninsula and the improvement of inter-Korean relations. Beijing also supported U.S.-North Korean summits and the use of dialogue to resolve concerns, it quoted Xi as saying.

 

"China hopes that the DPRK and the United States will meet each other halfway," it said.

 

(Reporting by Josh Horwitz and John Ruwitch; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-01-10

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a visit to China his country would try to make a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump achieve a result that the international community would welcome,

Is he going to stop repression and declare North Korea an open country? Probably not.

Kimmy has Trump by the short and curlies.  Kim has nothing to lose by pretending to do "something' when in fact he is doing nothing, sweet FA. 

Whereas our Donald has an election to win in under two years' time, so he had better have something to show for his photo-ops with Fat Kim in Singapore.

Another big problem is that Pres. Moon of South Korea is actively kissing up to Kim, and putting reunificaiton efforts on the front burner. Many defector and refugee groups from the North are being defunded by the South Korean government.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a visit to China his country would try to make a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump achieve a result that the international community would welcome

What, the complete debasement of Trump as a world leader?

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

Another big problem is that Pres. Moon of South Korea is actively kissing up to Kim, and putting reunificaiton efforts on the front burner. Many defector and refugee groups from the North are being defunded by the South Korean government.

Why shouldn't he? After all, Donald Trump has said North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat and that the problem is solved.

3 hours ago, blazes said:

Kimmy has Trump by the short and curlies.  Kim has nothing to lose by pretending to do "something' when in fact he is doing nothing, sweet FA. 

Whereas our Donald has an election to win in under two years' time, so he had better have something to show for his photo-ops with Fat Kim in Singapore.

A week is a long time in politics.

Kim is playing with trumpy, and trumpy is stupid enough to believe Kim's BS ???? Kim is so much smarter than trumpy...

1 hour ago, JulesMad said:

Kim is playing with trumpy, and trumpy is stupid enough to believe Kim's BS ???? Kim is so much smarter than trumpy...

'Pragmatic' I think is a better word than 'smart'. If you were in the shoes of the DPRK leadership, what would YOU do after watching the Trump administration defecate all over the Iran deal?

But at the same time, he is trying to lower tensions with the south, which is only bad for war profiteers.