Watching pictures of him. Attending the being in the g. 8 jr say looking from this observation post across into the north of beaming president moon obviously he is its very important for him that this gets these negotiations back on track he seems to have staked his whole political reputation on this whole process so he will want to see as he mentioned in that press conference that this leads to something more a yes it is just a handshake but he has said that possibly it could well lead to this 3rd summit a meaningful summit before the end of the year and thats important of course here in korea because that is the deadline that kim jong un of north korea has set after the failure of the hanoi summit they said they were humiliated by that walking away without a deal and really giving the South Koreans and also the u. S. A deadline that unless the United States come back to the negotiating table with something more basically meaning some relief from sanctions then who knows what will hap
Bays there jus south korea for those of you just joining us lets bring you up to speed of whats been going on for the 1st time in history a sitting president of the United States has stepped inside north korea. Accepted than trans invitation to meet with stepping over the line into north korea its their 1st face to face talks since negotiations where north Koreas Nuclear program broke down in february south korean president moon jane accompanied trump at the Demilitarized Zone Mason Ritchie is a professor of International Relations and the specialist on u. S. Korea relations at university of foreign studies he joins us via skype from seoul good to have you with us so weve seen a very historic moment are you hopeful given all the positive statements being exchanged that this will transpire and something more meaningful than simply handshakes and smiles. Honestly im not ill start by saying obviously to jaw jaw is better than war war so at the end of the day im glad that kim showed up and
Accountable defense institutions, peace negotiations with russia are not being held now because russia has refused it, if such negotiations ever begin , ukraine will be the leader in them, the spokesman said at the briefing of the state department and commented on chinas participation in the meeting in judea, we really believe that chinas participation was productive. We have long said that it would be productive for china to play some role in ending the war in to ukraine, provided that this role would respect the territorial integrity of ukraine and its sovereignty, we generally believe that it is useful for countries to be present and hear directly the position of ukraine. I should note that russia was obviously against these negotiations. This meeting was held to exchange views and develop a common language in support of a just and lasting peace in ukraine, to discuss how to end the war in ukraine, and to consider the practical consequences of russias war in ukraine and in around th
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