a new history with his country's northern neighbor he was full of praise for kim jong un's decision to go ahead with the summit in a statement released by his office president's mood said leaving the dark days of war and conflict behind we will write a new chapter of peace and cooperation will be there together with north korea all the way along the way i should say with us now from leeds university in britain is aden foster carter a career experts there always a pleasure to have you on and to get your take on these very very remarkable developments i'm just wondering are these american allies just putting on a brave face on what essentially feels like america undercutting allies and potentially leaving them exposed to the threat of north korea. you bet they are they may vary in their views but thai prime minister i have to pound to me just to