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
About saudi investments in america than he is about their policies of murdering journalists and consulates just quickly jim u. S. Turkey relations and saw President Trump and one meeting as well i mean things have not exactly been great between them recently. They havent and thats why this meeting that took place a few hours it will come out is being received very positively because firstly the fact that it took place in and of itself is something significant but more importantly there was a shift in policy at least as described by the u. S. President himself what this comes down to is turkey had been wanting to acquire these s. 400 missiles its Missile Defense system and they were acquiring it from the russians now throughout this time the American Administration it said if turkey goes ahead with this that the americans would cancel other military deals namely the f. 35 fighter jets as well as slap on certain sanctions on iran we saw that come to a climax several months ago when the u
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