Trump 'clearly' wants dialogue with Pyongyang: South Korean President
Lee said Seoul is coordinating to open U.S.-North Korea talks while keeping 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea out of the Iran war.
- On Friday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stated at the Blue House that President Donald Trump seeks dialogue with North Korea, while confirming Seoul will not deploy military forces to the Iran war.
- Lee said South Korea is continuing "preliminary coordination efforts" to facilitate talks between Washington and Pyongyang, noting that while a summit "remains difficult... but is not impossible," Seoul must make every possible effort.
- Regarding the conflict involving Israel and the United States, Lee reiterated that Seoul will "carry out the minimum necessary activities" to protect merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining a principle of non-involvement.
- President Trump recently complained that Washington received "very little help" from allies like South Korea, which hosts about 28,500 United States troops as a legacy of the Korean War.
- The leader's sister warned of a "more offensive" response to military drills, while Pyongyang maintains a stockpile of 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons, signaling continued resistance to overtures.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong On might be held in the coming months.
In any case, there will soon be a new summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un? Signs are condensing. Trump "clearly made clear that he wanted a dialogue, now he should let actions follow," South Korea's head of state Lee Jae Myung explained.
Donald Trump, who has met Kim Jong One several times during his first term, seeks to revive the link and has indicated that he intends to meet him again by the end of the year.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Kyung-joon = Regarding North Korea-U.S. dialogue on the 18th, former President Moon Jae-in said, "U.S. President Trump has an active will to create an opportunity for dialogue..."
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung has rejected US demands for his country's participation in the Iran war.
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