United States President, Donald Trump says North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un no longer poses a nuclear threat to the rest of the world.
Trump took to his Twitter handle on Wednesday, a day after his historic nuclear summit with the North Korean leader in Singapore, saying the meeting was a ‘very positive experience’, adding “everyone can feel much safer than the day I took office’.
“Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!,” Trump tweeted.
He added: “Before taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea. President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer-sleep well tonight!”
Although Trump declared North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat, many experts and analysts are divided on whether the summit produced anything substantial, such as a clear timeline of denuclearization.
On Tuesday, Trump and Kim signed a statement outlining four major points, including reaffirming a commitment to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. In return, Trump has promised to stop US military drills with South Korea.
North Korea is believed to possess more than 50 nuclear warheads, with its atomic program spread across more than 100 sites constructed over decades to evade international inspections.
Trump insisted that strong verification of denuclearization would be included in a final agreement, saying it was a detail his team would begin sorting out with the North Koreans next week.
As Trump acknowledged that denuclearization would not be accomplished overnight, the North suggested Wednesday that Trump had moved away from his demand for complete denuclearization before US sanctions on the long-isolated Asian country.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the two leaders shared recognition to the effect that it is important to abide by the principle of step-by-step and simultaneous action in achieving peace, stability and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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