North Korea says sees no improvement in relations to be made by maintaining Kim-Trump ties - KCNA

By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sees no improvement in relations to be made by maintaining a relationship between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, state media reported on Friday on the two-year anniversary of the leaders' first summit.

 

U.S. policies prove Washington remains a long-term threat to the North Korean state and its people, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA.

 

The Singapore summit in June 2018 represented the first time a sitting American president met with a North Korean leader, but the statement that came out of the meeting was light on specifics, opting instead for four general commitments.

 

Ri said in retrospect the Trump administration appears to have been focusing on only scoring political points while seeking to isolate and suffocate North Korea, and threatening it with preemptive nuclear strikes and regime change.

 

"Never again will we provide the U.S. chief executive with another package to be used for achievements without receiving any returns," he said. "Nothing is more hypocritical than an empty promise."

 

On Thursday North Korea criticized the United States for commenting on inter-Korean affairs, and said Washington should stay quiet if it wants the upcoming presidential election to go smoothly.

 

Ri said North Korea's desire to open a new cooperative era runs deep as ever, but that the situation on the Korean peninsula is daily taking a turn for the worse.

 

"The U.S. professes to be an advocate for improved relations with the DPRK, but in fact, it is hell-bent on only exacerbating the situation," Ri said.

The official name of North Korea is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

 

North Korea will continue to build up its military forces to cope with the threats from the United States, Ri said.

 

(Reporting by Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith; Editing by David Gregorio)

 

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Oh dear,even Trump's little fat best buddy is extending the social distancing. More like anti social,Xi must be over the moon!

 

#oldfarangsmatter

Poor Donald soon maybe even Putin will dump him not to mention the vast majority of Americans who allready have 

North Korea will continue to build up its military forces to cope with the threats from the United States, Ri said.

 

I suspect many US citizens would say - Yeah, go ahead you despot and start WW3 and get wiped off the planet.

 

Sometimes I wonder why the human race is determined to destroy Earth. If it's not wars, it will be viral or bacterial pandemics.

 

Morning rant over...

If it's not one despotus it'll be another.....war is inevitable.

Another one of Donald's love affairs ends.!Korea should not feel like Trump duded them most of his promises are empty and have little worth. Another case of showmanship and no substance or resolve.

To Trump everything is a reality show he has to be center stage and forgets what has happened the minute the show is over.Lets see how Putin treats Trump after November. London to a brick Putin will call in all the markers Trump has in the USSR. So ends another love affair.

Not wanting to be seen as the jilted party, Trump will tweet that he dump Kim first. 

trump lost interest in DPRK relations the moment AF1 rotated out of Changi.

 

And pompeo dropped the ball.

 

Incompetence. Color me unsurprised.

Wait, we've been spoofed by Agent Orange? 

Unthinkable! 

I must conclude that the very stable genius has a plan nobody else can see. 

 

I say give him another three or four terms to work things out. That will certainly put our present situation in perspective. ????