North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov he was committed to denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cKim Jong Un said that the DPRK\u2019s will for denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula still remains unchanged and consistent and fixed,\u201d KCNA reported after their meeting in Pyongyang on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kim hoped US-North Korean relations and denuclearisation of the peninsula \u201cwill be solved on a stage-by-stage basis\u201d and \u201che hoped that the solution of the issues will progress through effective and constructive dialogue and negotiation,\u201d the report by the North Korean news agency said.<\/p>\n
Lavrov\u2019s visit came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a top North Korean official held talks on planning a historic summit between Kim and President Donald Trump in Singapore.<\/p>\n
The key task ahead of the June 12 summit is to settle the agenda. The main stumbling block is likely to be the concept of \u201cdenuclearisation\u201d — both sides say they are in favour of it, but there is a yawning gap between their definitions.<\/p>\n
Washington wants North Korea to quickly give up all its nuclear weapons in a verifiable way in return for sanctions and economic relief.<\/p>\n
But analysts say North Korea will be unwilling to cede its nuclear deterrent unless it is given security guarantees that the US will not try to topple the regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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