{"id":6741,"date":"2018-04-19T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=6741"},"modified":"2018-04-18T18:37:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T22:37:02","slug":"north-korea-confirms-willingness-to-discuss-denuclearization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2018\/04\/19\/north-korea-confirms-willingness-to-discuss-denuclearization\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Confirms Willingness to Discuss Denuclearization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Catherine Doolan<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><i>Staff Writer<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Korea informed the White House that it is willing to discuss denuclearization, according to administration officials. This is the first indication that Pyongyang is serious about a potential summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump occurring as early as next month. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In March, President Trump agreed to meet with Kim after South Korean emissaries made an offer at a White House meeting on behalf of the North Korean regime. According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/north-korea-confirms-to-white-house-that-it-is-willing-to-talk-about-denuclearization-administration-officials-say\/2018\/04\/08\/996b3170-3b66-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html?utm_term=.f5cb93c4f26f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, serious questions remain over how North Korea defines denuclearization. Many in the international community consider denuclearization as the complete abandonment of its nuclear weapons program. However, North Korean representatives, notably those at the United Nations, have stated in the past that their nation will only give up its arsenal if the United States withdraws its forces from South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The recent shakeup in President Trump\u2019s foreign policy team has garnered great attention. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson departed the President\u2019s cabinet in March and CIA Director Mike Pompeo has been appointed to replace him. \u00a0On April 9, Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton replaced outgoing Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as National Security Advisor. \u00a0Both Pompeo and Bolton, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2018\/apr\/01\/john-bolton-very-healthy-skepticism-north-korea-lindsey-graham\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have expressed their \u201chawkish\u201d positions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Korea, Iran and Russia. Some speculate that their strong stances could affect the outcomes of the North Korea summit dramatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 12, in his confirmation hearing for his appointment as Secretary of State, Pompeo told the U.S. Senate that he has never advocated for regime change in North Korea and intends to use his new role as a diplomat to ensure that Kim Jong Un cannot threaten the United States with nuclear weapons, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/pompeo-on-north-korea-i-am-not-advocating-for-regime-change-1209246787590\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NBC News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0According to<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/382080-secret-us-north-korea-talks-underway-to-prepare-for-summit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Mike Pompeo has been heading back-channel talks in preparation for the summit in his capacity as CIA Director. \u00a0Some have considered this move as evidence of the White House moving away from relying solely on the State Department for diplomatic negotiations. Others see Pompeo leading these talks as justified, considering that Pompeo has been appointed to be the next Secretary of State. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">have been reports<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that American and North Korean officials have corresponded on several occasions and met in a third country to negotiate a meeting place for the summit, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/07\/politics\/north-korea-us-talks\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. These reports suggest that North Korea wants to host the talks in Pyongyang, but it is unknown if the Trump Administration will support this. The city of Ulaanbaatar, in Mongolia, is reportedly also being considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to his appointment as National Security Advisor, Bolton <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">penned an opinion piece<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-legal-case-for-striking-north-korea-first-1519862374\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">last February, in which he provided \u201ca legal case for striking North Korea first.\u201d \u00a0Bolton slammed pre-emption opponents who state that action is not justified since Pyongyang is not posing an \u201cimminent threat.\u201d \u00a0He argued that the threat is imminent, and it would be foolish for the United States to wait until the last minute to take action, considering there have been serious gaps in U.S. intelligence about North Korean capabilities. \u00a0Striking after North Korea has developed deliverable nuclear weapons would be a far more dangerous scenario that would put many more lives at stake. \u00a0Bolton cited two instances where President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Ronald Reagan acted unilaterally in extending U.S. territorial waters, which resulted in adaptation to new realities and protected American national security interests from threats from the Axis Powers and Soviet Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/apr\/12\/john-bolton-meets-counterparts-south-korea-japan-o\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Bolton held meetings on April 12 with his counterparts, National Security Office Director Chung Eui-yong of South Korea and Secretary General of the National Security Secretariat Shotaro Yachi of Japan, specifically in preparation for talks between Kim Jong Un and President Trump in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, has praised John Bolton\u2019s recent appointment and said that Bolton will approach potential talks with Kim Jong Un with a \u201cvery healthy\u201d dose of \u201cskepticism.\u201d Graham expressed that he supports Bolton\u2019s caution and the Trump Administration\u2019s strategy of \u201cmaximum pressure,\u201d which Graham credits for encouraging Kim to participate in negotiations. \u00a0Graham, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/lindsey-graham-john-boltons-worried-north-korea-is-trying-to-dupe-trump-like-past-presidents\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, , also told \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d that, \u201cWe don&#8217;t want to give him [Kim Jong Un] nine months or a year to talk and build a missile at the same time. 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His biggest fear is that they are just buying time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite debate over how a summit with North Korea should be conducted and speculation over what outcomes could occur, it is undeniable that if such a summit does occur, that it will be historic. \u00a0Former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have visited North Korea, but both did so long after they were in office and did so in pursuit of peacekeeping and humanitarian causes. \u00a0The future of North Korean relations could be determined by this summit.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>n March, President Trump agreed to meet with Kim after South Korean emissaries made an offer at a White House meeting on behalf of the North Korean regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2925,"featured_media":6704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[392,1397,382,383,1258,386],"tags":[420,514,1346],"class_list":["post-6741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-sections","category-april2018","category-international-news","category-us","category-1258","category-asia","tag-north-korea","tag-united-states","tag-denuclearization"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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