Time Maya Schwager Welcome To The Show the leaders of North And South Korea have pledged to formally and the two countries state zero for sixty five years after the end of combat and a Landmark Summit kim jong un and mungy in announce their plan for peace they vowed to seek a nuclear free Korean Peninsula and for an informal peace treaty for years and north koreas kim said the two countries are like families linked by blood and cannot live separately the leaders insisted they do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. Its been a monumental day of breakthroughs in the standoff between the koreas lets take a look at what the two leaders have agreed to so far a plan to convert the cease fire into a peace treaty ending the war they fought for almost seventy years theyve agreed
to the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula families torn apart by the war will be reunited with a Liaison Office on the northern side of the border a second summit will be held in the north korean capital of pyongyang in the fall and after their talks concluded the two leaders each offered their remarks on what their meeting has achieved lets take a listen. Origen general dannatt on one general day chairman Kim Yong Moon and i confirms thats our shared goal is to rid the Korean Peninsula of Nuclear Weapons three complete clear ice age and the preceding measures made by north korea have very important meetings it will be a valuable beginning swill to complete their isolation of the Korean Peninsula from this moment i want to clearly declare that south and north korea will closely cooperate with each other to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and. I can talk with you no more. Today we will make sure the agreement we have
reached which the people of the Korean Peninsula and the world are watching does not repeat the unfortunate history of unfilled promises by closely communicating and cooperating with each other in order to yield good results. No took and that is our efforts of break this down for us im joined in the studio by a band that i got from the German Council on Foreign Relations hes a korean specialist there so this is really it feels like a momentous occasion right here this thawing of relations between the two koreas we saw a bit of what theyre planning to do what do you think of what theyve announced for a Policy Perspective well i think theres a great breakthrough in both parties managed to come together today they agreed already agreed on the range of issues that one of the most important ones is that they want to renew the Ceasefire Agreement and have some other kind of agreement and i think in the past the Cease Fire Agreement was a very shaky it was overcome and didnt really constitute a status quo anymore and if both sides managed to replace the intergovernmental
agreement that would be a real big step forward and were looking at pictures here of the south and north Korean Leaders at their press conference lets talk about what these developments mean in terms of what could actually be accomplished are we just talking about pure symbolism here are we actually witnessing the arrival of peace on the korean. And thats a lot well that remains to be seen for the moment both koreas have agreed on a reproach and promises if agreed to resume Family Reunions they want to have a corporation the Military Affairs and scaled down conventional weapons so theres a basic stance but in the past we have seen that these confidence Building Measures between the both careers were not so not only useful as long as u. S. And north korea dont go through a new Solutions Among themselves so we have to see how the u. S. Can come back into this process and how constructive that process will be right and were going to be joined now by Philip Bilski who is in seoul for us philip youre
there youre actually witnessing whats happening just give us an idea of whats happening on the ground right now well im here at The Press Center in the north of seoul and weve been getting a life coverage live footage of what has been having happening at the summit itself the whole day and the last pictures we got were pictures from that dinner so that you know it started at six thirty local time with the south korean president moon and the north Korean Leader. The wife of both and officials from from both sides so thats the latest we got we got here in The Press Center itself as. Many journalists are still busy writing their pieces trying to analyze what has been happening during the day but some also have already left so its getting. More empty now do you have a sense of what the mood in korea there is like in light of these pretty dramatic
developments. Yes very much so i think so it started in the Early Morning here in The Press Center so sad we got the life footage during the whole day and. Im here with i was here during the day with Three Thousand journalists from more than thirty countries which would show us how significant is this summit. And two thirds of these jonas actually came from korea and this morning when south korean president and the north Korean Leader met and when they shook hands and you could read it get the attention that was in this room here and at one time some journalist even started applauding so you could get a really impression you could really feel that you that you know seeing something really historic here and this feeling continued during the whole day now back to we
know that denuclearization is now on the table this is a big step this is something that the u. S. Has been trying to get north korea to do for decades now why do you think the north would give up their biggest Bargaining Chip here. Gaining share the Nuclear Deterrent was built up to secure north koreas defense against the u. S. And maintain the regime and do nuclearization is only on the table if theres a Real Progress and they go see asians and then the end of the day if the u. S. Is also willing to provide Security Guarantees and i think youre again the Obs Tusa Grima and replacement of the Arms Disagreement is useful because it can establish a new status quo and provide security for all sides and again were looking here at pictures of kim jong un and one day in here on their long walk that they took for assumably to discuss the future of their two countries together philip back to you for a moment if the tensions between north and south are finally resolved how could that
change peoples daily lives on both sides of the d. M. Z. There. Well i think we are at the moment still at a really early early stage so. One of the things they agreed upon is to find a way to a Peace Agreement but at the same time as soon as you know the precise cease fire at the end of the korean war was signed by china the United States and north korea so North And South Korea cant really decide on. A transformation towards or a move towards a Peace Agreement so i think one of the next things will be to talk to the United States stops talks to china and then we would see how it how things develop but right now i think its really weird to read early stage right now. We know that this summit was billed as sort of a warm up to this some of this being talked about a tween and u. S. President donald trump and we actually now have a reaction from President Trump via twitter i believe he tweeted just earlier today after a few areas year of Missile Launches and Nuclear Testing a historic meeting between North And South Korea is now taking place good things are happening but only time will tell band. The u. S. President and the north korean president meeting this was supposed to be a big deal but do we feel now that this meeting with all of its developments has overshadowed that well this is not a matter for shattering its not about the symbolism and the show its about real content and theyre different the two leaders have for these provided the cornerstone for a process because theyre late the basis of different kinds of agreements and its up to the u. S. Now to jump onto the train and say recorder agree we want to commit to a long term process where immediate nuclearization is not possible that that will
be part of the process and thats a very difficult thing to do and i hope that this really is a sin also takes place in twitter tweets all right as we watch kim jong un and monday in plant these Seeds Of Peace with a tree we think about from the German Council of Foreign Relations and philip there in seoul for us thank you both very much for your analysis after a furious i may have Donald Trumps tweet again where he said good things were happening but time will tell and we will now move on to some other stories making news around the world britains Prince William and his wife kate have a newborn son named Louis Arthur Charles his Royal Highness prince louis of cambridge as he will be known was born on Monday Morning he is the couples third child and fifth in line to the british throne. U. S. Actor and Comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty of drugging and sexually
assaulting a woman in Two Thousand And Four prosecutors argued that the former entertainer had a secret predatory life during the trial five other women testified that the comedian had assaulted them in the past because of he said he will appeal the verdict. German chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in washington d. C. For tough talks with u. S. President donald trump merkel landed in the u. S. Capitol late last night during a three hour meeting today the leaders are expected to discuss the Iranian Nuclear deal u. S. Steel tariffs and the war in syria it is the german chancellor second visit to d. C. Sense Trump Took Office and i take a look ahead to a meeting that will be brief but probably fraught. Its not all could moments during their first meeting at the white house that still sounds up the utter lack of political chemistry between im going to machall and donald trump. When trump and simply didnt react as merkel asked him to shake hands thank you. German chancellor im going to cause reputation as the Global Leader who keeps the world strong men on the straight and narrow simply doesnt seem to apply to this u. S. President who insists on setting the pace and direction of global politics. Observers say trumps erratic Decision Making challenges merkels political style to confront even partners with very harsh positions to threaten and then to undo and sort of go back into a more cooperative mood and i would say he has kept European Partners pretty much on their toes trump upstaged his nato allies by talking about money rather than values twenty three of the twenty eight Member Nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what theyre supposed to be paying for their defense. His willingness to challenge the core values that bind together what is known as the west soon led machall to a sobering conclusion. Side. And then there are times in which we could rely fully on others are somewhat over. For by more than a year into the term presidency germany is still struggling to find Common Ground for cooperation with trumps in a circle merkel second visit is laden with pressing issues. There are three important issues on the transatlantic agenda for this meeting one is definitely trade and the criticism of the Transatlantic Trade Arrangement The Second One is germanys contributions in Military Terms to nato and the third one is the iran nuclear deal. The president of the French Republic at the end of his state visit in monrovia called directly criticized Trump Steelmaking and called on u. S. Congress to live up to europes expectations the United States is the one
who invented this new deal of dualism you are zero one now. Who has too old to preserve and reinvent it. One time this kind of stage the two and a half hour visit is set to focus on working down the list of problems my call had to leave unresolved with already resigned to the fact that a trade war is in the Making Expectations on live. And a reminder of the top story were following here for you the leaders of North And South Korea have agreed on the aim of completely ridding the Korean Peninsula of Nuclear Weapons and an unprecedented summit at the two states Common Border kim jong un and when jane also said they seek a formal peace treaty more than sixty years after the korean war ended in a truce. Youre watching news from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour
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