Trump needs to go to Pyeongyang for a third summit with Kim in order to keep the dialogue going: Wit
- 5 years ago
'38노스' 조엘 위트 대표 "교착상태 풀기 위해선 트럼프 당장 평양 가서 북미정상회담 해야"
North Korea-U.S. talks have been at a standstill for over three months now.
Among officials gathered in the nation's southernmost resort island for the Jeju Forum, one expert pointed out that President Trump has to make the next move.
Lee Ji-won files this report from Jeju.
Joel Wit, director of the North Korea monitoring website 38-North, says that U.S. President Trump should continue playing the "summit card" in order to keep the door to dialogue with Pyeongyang opened.
"So the next logical step is for Trump to tell Kim that he is willing to visit Pyeongyang for a third summit as soon as possible."
The remark came during the session 'Issues and Prospect for Denuclearization of North Korea' at the annual Jeju Forum on Thursday, with him stressing the need to make use of this "hingepoint" in North Korea's denuclearization issue.
Wit said that working-level officials will have to work out on the basics of the deal to avoid repeating misunderstandings or problems they had in Hanoi.
And this deal, according to Wit, doesn't have to be a perfect one,... as it's needed to simply move forward to prolong the closing of the window.
"It's my understanding that in Hanoi a lot of progress was made on issues other than the nuclear issues. I think that we need to get traction soon because if we don't then the window is going to start closing and despite all the sanctions and everything that's been done to put pressure on North Korea, I don't that's going to make them all of a sudden throw up their hands and say gee we got to get a deal."
Another speaker at the forum, Joseph Yun, former U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, raised the point that President Trump should change his reward for Pyeongyang's denuclearization.
"For them this is not something that can be bought off by humanitarian or economic assistance. So for them I believe is what I would call security for security deal. They are looking for regime survival but U.S. is saying 'give up your deterrence and we will meet your economic needs.'"
When asked if Washington would be willing to give any security guarantee, which could involve pulling out its troops and strategic assets in the region, Yun said that these fundamental issues need to be discussed to the North's satisfaction for them to truly denuclearize.
Amongst various insights, what many of the speakers said in unison is, again,... that trust between the North and the U.S. needs to be restored in order for the talks and the denuclearization process to move forward.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News, Jeju."
North Korea-U.S. talks have been at a standstill for over three months now.
Among officials gathered in the nation's southernmost resort island for the Jeju Forum, one expert pointed out that President Trump has to make the next move.
Lee Ji-won files this report from Jeju.
Joel Wit, director of the North Korea monitoring website 38-North, says that U.S. President Trump should continue playing the "summit card" in order to keep the door to dialogue with Pyeongyang opened.
"So the next logical step is for Trump to tell Kim that he is willing to visit Pyeongyang for a third summit as soon as possible."
The remark came during the session 'Issues and Prospect for Denuclearization of North Korea' at the annual Jeju Forum on Thursday, with him stressing the need to make use of this "hingepoint" in North Korea's denuclearization issue.
Wit said that working-level officials will have to work out on the basics of the deal to avoid repeating misunderstandings or problems they had in Hanoi.
And this deal, according to Wit, doesn't have to be a perfect one,... as it's needed to simply move forward to prolong the closing of the window.
"It's my understanding that in Hanoi a lot of progress was made on issues other than the nuclear issues. I think that we need to get traction soon because if we don't then the window is going to start closing and despite all the sanctions and everything that's been done to put pressure on North Korea, I don't that's going to make them all of a sudden throw up their hands and say gee we got to get a deal."
Another speaker at the forum, Joseph Yun, former U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, raised the point that President Trump should change his reward for Pyeongyang's denuclearization.
"For them this is not something that can be bought off by humanitarian or economic assistance. So for them I believe is what I would call security for security deal. They are looking for regime survival but U.S. is saying 'give up your deterrence and we will meet your economic needs.'"
When asked if Washington would be willing to give any security guarantee, which could involve pulling out its troops and strategic assets in the region, Yun said that these fundamental issues need to be discussed to the North's satisfaction for them to truly denuclearize.
Amongst various insights, what many of the speakers said in unison is, again,... that trust between the North and the U.S. needs to be restored in order for the talks and the denuclearization process to move forward.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News, Jeju."