Kim-Trump summit set to start at 10AM KST on June 12: White House
- 6 years ago
백악관 "북미정상회담 한국시간으로 12일 오전10시 개최"
Turning to the latest on the June 12th summit between the leaders of North Korea and the United States.
After weeks of will they, won't they, it looks like it's smooth sailing from here on.
According to our Park Hee jun, the White House announced the exact time for that meeting in Singapore.
The White House has confirmed the date and time of the North Korea-U.S. summit.
It will be held next Tuesday on June 12th,... at 9AM Singapore time,... or 10AM Korea time.
"And I can also tell you the schedule for -- tentatively -- for that first meeting will be on June 12 at 9 a.m. Singapore time and take place June 11, 9 p.m. East Coast time."
The press secretary referred to it as the "first" meeting.
That could be seen as confirmation from Washington that there may be follow-up meetings with North Korea,...even after the summit in Singapore.
It also follows the same line as President Trump's recent remarks,... where he hinted at the possibility of multiple talks with Pyongyang.
"It'll be a beginning. I don't say, and I've never said, it happens in one meeting. You're talking about about years of hostility, years of problems. Years of really hatred between so many different nations. But I think you're going to have a very positive result in the end, not from one meeting."
The White House has also clarified that the Trump administration's policy of "maximum pressure" through sanctions remains in place... and will stay until the regime has abandoned its nuclear weapons.
"Our policy hasn't changed. As the president stated, we have sanctions on, they're very powerful and we would not take those sanctions off unless North Korea denuclearized."
The White House was clearing up remarks made last week by President Trump following his meeting with a senior North Korean envoy.
Trump said last week, he didn't want to use the term "maximum pressure" anymore to describe U.S. pressure on Pyongyang,... as they were "getting along".
He also said he looks forward to the day when he can remove the sanctions from the regime.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
Turning to the latest on the June 12th summit between the leaders of North Korea and the United States.
After weeks of will they, won't they, it looks like it's smooth sailing from here on.
According to our Park Hee jun, the White House announced the exact time for that meeting in Singapore.
The White House has confirmed the date and time of the North Korea-U.S. summit.
It will be held next Tuesday on June 12th,... at 9AM Singapore time,... or 10AM Korea time.
"And I can also tell you the schedule for -- tentatively -- for that first meeting will be on June 12 at 9 a.m. Singapore time and take place June 11, 9 p.m. East Coast time."
The press secretary referred to it as the "first" meeting.
That could be seen as confirmation from Washington that there may be follow-up meetings with North Korea,...even after the summit in Singapore.
It also follows the same line as President Trump's recent remarks,... where he hinted at the possibility of multiple talks with Pyongyang.
"It'll be a beginning. I don't say, and I've never said, it happens in one meeting. You're talking about about years of hostility, years of problems. Years of really hatred between so many different nations. But I think you're going to have a very positive result in the end, not from one meeting."
The White House has also clarified that the Trump administration's policy of "maximum pressure" through sanctions remains in place... and will stay until the regime has abandoned its nuclear weapons.
"Our policy hasn't changed. As the president stated, we have sanctions on, they're very powerful and we would not take those sanctions off unless North Korea denuclearized."
The White House was clearing up remarks made last week by President Trump following his meeting with a senior North Korean envoy.
Trump said last week, he didn't want to use the term "maximum pressure" anymore to describe U.S. pressure on Pyongyang,... as they were "getting along".
He also said he looks forward to the day when he can remove the sanctions from the regime.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.