Summit. Between the two groups stepped. In dialogue the only way forward in this case towards lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula and beyond this is going to very big day in terms of the world there hasnt been any concrete commitments or even specific commitments or action or a timetable or any sequence from the North Koreans for to maybe a lot of people are saying were going to store it even my enemies are calling it historic and you know the fact is that weve done something thats very unique. They promised a Historic Deal for the agents and u. S. President donald trump and north Koreas Kim Jong un were all smiles and compliments for the cameras in singapore as they signed a joint statement committing to a more peaceful future between historic foes but who left with the upper hand and will they really follow through on promises game. Major concession from the outset promising to halt joint military exercises with south korea a decision that caught his ally by surprise he also praised him as a smart leader and took his promise of deed nuclearization at face value with very few details on how it could happen so a lot of trust but little in the way of verification and so the experts say holds that praise and wait for those devilish details to be delivered. Its the moment many doubted would happen u. S. President donald trump and north Korean Leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which commits p. R. Nyang to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula the highly anticipated summit in singapore hailed a success by the leaders thank you very much for being here. Today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us were about to sign a historic document the world will see a major change in the idea that. We have developed a very special bond so. People are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and were going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world that problem Nuclear Weapons in the agreement north korea has pledged to dismantle its Nuclear Arsenal but critics say the declaration fails to provide concrete steps as to how that will be achieved and verified. And has reneged on such promises in the past. Trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease its joint military drills with south korea. We will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money on a lesson until we see the the future negotiation is not going along like it should. Its a move thats seen as a major concession by some but President Trump headed back to washington proud of his achievements his team plans to begin working on the details of the declaration next week. And were joined now from our washington studio by a denmark be director of the asia program at the Woodrow WilsonInternational Center for scholars and we thank you so much for joining us here on the program and id like to begin by by first asking you because we have this joint statement thats light on the details the experts say do you see it as a first step toward peace or did trump get taken for a ride by the North Koreans here. All that really remains to be seen there is as you said the agreement was lacking in detail in fact it included very little. In terms of a new pledges from north korea in terms of denuclearization what it did was commit the two sides to a diplomatic process and it will be the fruits of that process to determine whether or not this was successful whether or not this was truly a historic meeting or whether it was just a handshake and a photo op really does not. Automatically resolve the issue about north koreas status in the world and north koreas longstanding embrace of Nuclear Weapons now if you know the critics of this agreement that was or this joint declaration that was signed in singapore they say that President Trump he made this major concession at the very outset promising to cease these military exercises with south korea of course there have been so many leaders before him who have really failed when it comes to diplomacy with north korea id just like to ask you to his point why not try this do you agree. Well i i im a Firm Believer in diplomacy. Especially considering the heated fire and fury rhetoric that we saw in previous months diplomacy is certainly a better approach theres questions to be asked about whether or not a summit was needed in order to achieve a statement that really didnt really move the needle very much but diplomacy in itself is a good thing in terms of the exercises these exercises should not be considered a sacristan the United States has canceled them in the past in one thousand nine hundred two we had an exercise called team spirit which was cancelled in order to make room for the next year north korea conducting its first pledge to denuclearize twenty five and one year before the events of yesterday twenty five years and one day before the events of yesterday but also a year after that north korea see a suited to the agreed framework to limit its to get rid of its plutonium program so weve seen these exercises be used before the cancellation of these exercises to make room for diplomacy to succeed whats striking here is two things one President Trump agreed to these without a concessions north korea did not give anything in order to for the United States to cancel these but at the same time he used north korean north korean and chinese phraseology he called these exercises provocative which is a major change to typically the United States refers to these exercises as stabilizing normal legal which they are right but by calling them provocative thought only does he seem really undercut the u. S. Position but also makes it more difficult to bring back these engagements these are exercises if indeed sees it as stabilizing its harder to justify bringing them back at a later time so that terminology might be a bit of a challenge when it when it comes to reaching its final aim and we know that the final abe of the United States is real. They do denuclearize they share in the u. S. Wanted to be verifiable and to be every verse a ball and for it to essentially be total disarmament which is which is a different category perhaps you can explain to us. If it doesnt get that. Can it live with a Nuclear North Korea. On the past the United States has said that we would not accept a Nuclear North Korea especially north korea that can strike the United States with Nuclear Weapons and thats why the trumpet ministration actually consistent with previous administrations has called for the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of north korea but there has been a change in the past weve called it the sea charting theyre not complete there are fired in and irreversible c. V. T. In the past weve called for c. V. Idea of north korea but the company ministrations extended to the Korean Peninsula which again is north korean phraseology which in the past has included the United States withdrawing its Nuclear Umbrella its extended guarantee from south korea the North Koreans basically saying well denuclearize when you remove your protections from south korea when you do nuclear us says so far that hasnt changed north korea seems to continue to be committed to having a Nuclear Program within that context i expect that the dialogue is very similar to what weve seen in the past north korea saying were really happy to do nuclear eyes after you do which really is of course a nonstarter but it remains to be seen we have a diplomatic process in place theyll be meeting beginning next week and again i think diplomacy is certainly a better approach than the invective intention that weve seen in the months before so based on your assessment even sounds like we are caught in a game of chicken here we thank you so much denmark for joining us to share your expertise as we mentioned you were the director of the asia program at the Woodrow WilsonInternational Center for scholars we appreciate it. What is in a name a whole lot if you ask a greece and macedonia these two countries have now resolved a dispute that has been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for an e. U. Membership the problem was macedonias name now the macedonian Prime Minister announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of North Macedonia his counterpart in athens meanwhile Alexis Tsipras presented the deal to greeces president athens has long objected to the name macedonia because it also has that name for a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to North Macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining me you know for. More lets bring in journalist anthony. Who is standing by in the great capital athens for us welcome to you we know that these two countries they have spent a quarter of essential a century essentially wrangling over this what is so special about the name macedonia. Well for greeks it is an integral part of their history and they have long believed and claimed that their neighbor states claim or usage of the name harbors territorial aspirations on the northern greek german of macedonia and they were led in dominate here for more than a decade by a very nationalistic. Leader who inflamed passions on the other side and claimed that they were descendants of greeces greatest ancient warrior alexander the great and even came now in the last year a new reform western minded Prime Ministers or and zajac who changed that rhetoric entirely and came to greece and came to the greek trying to to hatch a deal for the sake of getting his country his poor tiny country into the European Union and to nato so he knew he had to to strike a deal if he wanted to see his country progress financially and right also to to link it straight in a go so it sounds very pragmatic and you know of course leads to the question why is it taken so long excuse me i didnt catch that why why decide to change the name now if theres theres such a back story here. Well simply because now was the time and net and there was a strong wind the window of opportunity in an upcoming summit thats coming within the within the e. U. And within nato that could that could boost the countries that could boost macedonians chances of joining these alliances and this new. Club and obviously there was a mad dash to meet these deadlines because there wouldnt be any other opportunity and because greece resisted for so many years to to to this countrys bids to join. These alliances and that and this club so it was basically zoran zire who came to the greeks with. A compromising agenda saying that he has no aspirations. To two claims for their claims on greek history and that was enough for both sides and for both compromising egos to sit down and seal the deal but again there are there are a lot of details that need to be ironed out this deal will take five years to be implemented and nursing and theres a strong very strong threat of nationalists of a nationalist backlash because nationalists on both sides are trying to torpedo the deal thank you so much journalist anthony joining us from the greek capital athens we appreciate it. Well where one division closes in europe another one has seemingly opened french president emmanuel mccrone has denounced italys refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the Italian Government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under International Law italy is sending ships to help transport the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the French Island of corsica has awful also offered to take the men. After more than two days to talk to see the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship. Are finally heading to a safe haven european n. G. O. S u. S. Military rescued them off the libyan coast on saturday night among them unaccompanied minors and pregnant women. The ship was headed toward sicily but italian authorities refused entry as did malta. Stuck on the high seas the migrants created a diplomatic storm until spain offered to take in the ship. The standoff is a result of a tougher stance on immigration under italys new government something the European Union will likely have to deal with increasingly in the months ahead. Just asked for a gesture of solidarity from europe we asked europe to share the burden of the migration emergency. And not to leave us alone as has happened over the past few years this gesture goes in this direction therefore i cant do anything else than thank the spanish authorities and with accepted our invitation. To. The n. G. O. S that that run the acquirer has worn a journey to spain will extend the migrants on the sea and put Vulnerable People at risk it will take the migrants of three to four days to reach the designated port. Where they finally hope to touch land. Standing by with the latest from barbara as you can see there here italys new government really on a collision course with the European Union how much of this is just a show of domestic consumption here how much of it is raul trying to force brussels to do something. I think cerro we really do see a mix of the pros here of course the government the that just came into office two weeks ago promised a particularly mature so the need the head of the league promised that they would really put didnt put an end to the constant flow of migrants coming into italy unchecked and they want to really sort of make through this promise on the other hand of course they do try to create a clash with brussels because what they think and rightly so in a way is that if you ask nicely in the European Union as italy has done for years you get nothing but if you really go for a head on collision if you really left the vote migrants sort of wait in the mediterranean for some soul to sort of pick them up for some neighboring countries to show to show mercy then you may get somewhere so thats what italy is sort of counting on and that explains the strategy and how is the e. U. Likely to react here to romes unilateral action. We saw quite different reactions of course you already mentioned crying was said is sitting still what rome is doing there and of course is the basis of this is the extreme right wing politics officer and the leader but on the other hand its hypocritical of france for instance and some other European Countries to point the finger at you truly now because for use they have done absolutely nothing to help italy even though this was discussed over and over again year after year and so it would be up to france for instance to know so open their doors and say were going to take in a sizeable number of migrants to sort of leave the burden on italy but well wait for that in vain on the other hand also we saw for instance parliamentarians here in stress book being furious today and saying we need to force the governments of the Member States to sam house all of this to come to a consensus because so far weve heard nothing but empty talk big promises and no change barbara just briefly before we have to go a lot of passing the buck and finger pointing going on among Member States as youve highlighted there why is there not a single e. U. Wide migration policy it seems like its high time. Because people cant agree because every kind of country fights for themselves because so many you countries dont want to take in people because they really dont want to open their borders and they dont want to participate in a consensus a stronger Border Protection of course many people say yes to that but if its sharing off migrants if its sharing of refugees in particular they have a right to reside in the e. U. Many closed doors and say no thank you and that is behind the clash were seeing in the European Union now part of a cell and strasburg thank you. Iranian political Scientists Say about the lama has been presented with georgia bellows freedom of speech award he accepted the award of global media form and vaughan has been prosecuted by iranian authorities after he openly criticized the government in tehran and the director general pitch of them war augured sifaka lama as a courageous promoter of democracy since two thousand and fifteen dollars develop has been presenting the freedom of speech award to individuals or initiatives that promote freedom of expression and human rights in the media. And he is recognizing a man has chosen to speak out and challenge those in power risking his freedom to do so heres more. At the end of december twenty seventeen irans though its biggest antigovernment demonstrations in almost a decade the protests quickly spread to dozens of cities and towns across the