we want to achieve the verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula. there is a future brimming with peace and prosperity for north korea and the north korean people. america's track record of support for the korean people is second to none. takes bold action to quickly denuclearize, the united states is prepared to work with north korea to achieve prosperity on par with our south korean friends. united states look for to continue" ration with our south korean allies on this issue and many others. foreign minister, thank you for being with me today, it was a pleasure to work with you. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary, for the warm welcome. let me reiterate my congratulations on your becoming the top diplomat of the united states at this historic moment. secretary, pale, you have -- secretary, you've already been deficit or of our joint efforts with north korea in i look forward to working with you. we spoke on april 28 right after the momentous korean summit and today we met just after their return from pyongyang. during our meeting i congratulated

also there is another, mentioning about nuclear weapons, free korean peninsula. but having gone through those three articles. what is amazing about the pam declaration, i attended both summits in 2000, and 2007, the in the year 2007 north/south korean leaders up to the june 15th joint declaration. 2007, two leaders adopted october 4th joint summit declaration. those two declarations gave a lot of emphasis on unification that would be equal state different difference. more than that, two leaders come up with bold and audacious goal because they that they declared there would be no more war on the korean peninsula and new era of peace has begun. that is quite a bold statement. that kind of approach, unification is important but without peace you can not go to the destination of unification. i think that is very important statement. another interesting point which emerged emerged in the third korean summit, that both leaders could reach agreement. let us do economic issues first and do political issues later. the north korea has always come, come with an argument say

article iii touches on the issue of peace regime and a denuclearized korean peninsula. article iii stipulates that both have agreed to declare an end to the korean war and transform the armistice agreement into a peace accord. year they both agreed and confirmed the common goal of achieving concrete denuclearization and a nuclear weapons free korea. senator markey pointed out there could be some kind of different of rpretation denuclearization. but president moon made very clear there was a clear understanding between north korea leader and south korean leaders on the concept of denuclearization. the concept is complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantling of nuclear weapons. president moon told the public that there was no difference in the concept of denuclearization, but there could be a difference in the sequencing of denuclearization. also, there is another mention about nuclear weapons-free korean peninsula. but having gone through those three articles, what is really , izing about the declaration have five points. the first point -- i attended both summits in

or framing the issues on the korean peninsula. when the, meeting was taking place in panmunjom, moon was definitely open-minded when he was talking to kim and open mindedness of kim was was -- it was something that enabled the declaration to come about. i came to the u.s. and many people asked me whether a trump-kim meeting would be a success, but no one can be sure how the outcome would be but the question that really should be, if the meeting were to be a failure, then what would happen? that i think i would have an easier time responding. if the, trump-kim meeting becomes a failure, perhaps our 1971 lessons from cuban crisis could be replayed on the peninsula. because if we were to approach the meeting with -- if the meeting fails, you know, we don't have any other options. then we really don't have any other options. we have to be mindful that there should be other options, and that is why it is important for us to have an open mind when it comes to the meetings. if the united states found north korea not to be authentic in th

foreign policy and the impact of families on the korean peninsula on the well being the human rights of north korean people. i hear you there christi men were talking about the legacy of this war that some refer to in the united states as forgotten war one of the things our community is bringing up is that because of that there are misconceptions here's one from khalid on twitter who says yes one of the misconceptions is to imply or infer at times that north korea is not a rational actor thereby inadvertently portraying hostile responses to it as necessary or required similar was used with iraq and consistently with the palestinians he uses two examples there but there is someone in our community mintaro who says there is a history to this there's a history to the reason why people use this phrase rational action whether or not north korea is one and she says it has to do with the war this is what unka culver had to tell the story the north koreans have essentially defined themselves in terms of the struggle against outside powers for a very long period of time they were under japanes

we really don't have a whole lot of time also on the korean peninsula. we don't want to be replaying the cuban missile crisis on the cory rkorean peninsula. what we want is a permanent and sustainable peace on the korean peninsula. on this regard, we certainly look forward to mr. trump making a good choice when it comes to dealing with kim. thank you. >> thank you. you said that you belonged to an opposition party and made it clear. when you said you wanted to make president moon the lincoln of cokorea, it sounded as if you we belonging to a ruling party. you said a very interesting concept of a glorious way to denuclearize north korea. and i think we can discuss the issue further at the initial presentation. next, we are going to invite mr. hish man. she's working as the director of the project on new places. and senior adviser of international security program at the csis. and she has a lot of experience of dealing with the issue. she works as computer systems defense for conquering weapons of mass destruction. so she at the department of defense. she d

often times, you have to distinguish what does north korea mean by denuclearization of the korean peninsula because, suzanne brought this up, there was a peace declaration. north koreans have historically denuclearization of the korean peninsula, the region's security is guaranteed. that does not mean the disarmament. he's talking about breaking u.s.-south korea alliance relationship, getting u.s. troops out of south korea, and ending extended nuclear umbrella the u.s. has over south korea and japan so the regime can feel secure. this is what he means by denuclearization of the korean peninsula. this is a long way to go, and we are not going to get there. please vote for the opposition side of the motion today. [applause] john: thank you, sue mi terry. that concludes round one of this debate, where our motion is negotiations can denuclearize north korea. we move on to round two. this is where the debaters address each other directly, and they take questions from me and our live audience in washington, d.c. the team arguing for the motion, made up of suzanne dimaggio and bonnie jenkins, they

lasers yes laser right when we are finally seeing the possibility of peace on the korean peninsula the syrian war finally winding down and the only actual physical threat to the united states taking the form of our own political leaders ineptitude us navy and our good friends at lockheed martin bring us laser. battleships no less. very dr evil of them yes it was recently discovered by journalists attending the twenty eighteen c. air space expo at the national harbor in maryland that lockheed martin's high energy laser an integrated optical dazzler with surveillance or helio's for short will very soon be making its way on to u.s. navy warships complementing or even downright replacing the current battleship the systems the our i am one sixteen and balance systems. according to a long time supporter of all things laser defense systems more guns in your of the center for strategic and budgetary assessments believes that this is clear evidence of progress telling the media quote we are talking about lasers that now have the power and beam quality needed to defend against you a man there wi

korea via president moon north korea says it's committed to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula but realistically speaking the only part of the peninsula that has nuclear weapons is north korea so we have to wonder what does john young mean by the entire peninsula there's been that could that mean that john young once south korea taking out taken out of the u.s. nuclear umbrella north korea has also insinuated over the years that that the u.s. secretly stations nuclear warheads here in the south so this could be a potential stumbling block leading up to the potential summit and even during the summit jason strother and so thank you very much thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in ireland pro-choice supporters have welcomed the landslide vote in favor of liberalizing the country's restrictive abortion law the referendum on repealing the country's eighth amendment passed by a margin of two to one far higher than any opinion poll had predicted once parliament passes a new abortion law irish woman will no longer have to travel abroad to seek an a

peace peace on the korean peninsula this is it welcome to history ladies and gentlemen this is truly istoric and if that wasn't enough perhaps knowing that they'd be competing for headlines with the avengers all week and the korean leaders both pledged to work together to pursue a complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the announcement was made. can you do that that's a strange so i can hear it it sounds it sounds like the whale of a thousand spoiled toddlers screaming what is that sound where i mean who could possibly be upset about peace in our time who would be that angry what kind of animal wouldn't want these two finally getting along oh right these guys yes well it was a good weekend for peace and life on earth it was a particularly bad weekend in moore dora pentagon city for the likes of lockheed martin rape the northrop grumman and the rest of the merchants of death how bad well fortune dot com estimates that the u.s. has five the largest defense contractors shot about ten point two billion in value on friday alone think about that for a second seriously we live in

if you look at the mainstream media and particularly the cable stations all the focus on the korean peninsula is directed towards this summit trying to me how with the north korean leader but really i think it's much more important happening this week and if the two koreas coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meaningful reproach moment go ahead in washington. let me in response to your question laid out right over here that the real credit for the what the situation the opportunity that we have today is because of president mungy in south korea you know if we had a the same or a conservative south korean government in place today what would have happened is kim jong un would have gone through with his condense testing schedule and then after that he would have gone straight into his bunker emerging from time to time with grave threats and snarly garley threats to blow everything up the fact of the matter is that moon is the person who has been able to tease kim jong il kim jong il

new york a fondness a second level of told him on that russia wants peace and progress on the korean peninsula he also passed on president vladimir putin's best wishes and voted kept to moscow for the g. it is absolutely obvious that starting any discussion of the nuclear problem and all other programs on the korean peninsula they cannot be complete without repealing all sanctions on north korea how that will go ahead will be a question of the skill of the negotiators but it cannot be done in one sitting one cannot provide denuclearization in one sitting so of course there must be several stages and in every stage there must be a two way road. from a bride has more on this visit to north korea. another developing dimension in this flurry of diplomatic activity the russians now seemingly getting more involved with a visit by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to pyongyang and a meeting with his north korean counterpart he emerged afterwards to make a statement that the russians believe that there can be no full resolution of the north korean nuclear problem without there being a relief of s

look at the mainstream media and particularly the cable stations all the focus on the career korean peninsula is directed towards this summit trump may have with the north korean leader but really i think it's much more important happening this week and if the two koreas coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meaning for reproach moment go ahead in washington. let me in response to your question laid out right over here that the real credit for the what the situation the opportunity that we have today is because of president mungy in south korea you know if we had a c.m. all the conservative south korean government in place today what would have happened is kim jong un would have gone through with his condensed testing schedule and then after that he would have gone straight into his bunker emerging from time to time with grave threats and snarly garley threats to blow everything up the fact of the matter is that mungy is the person who has been able to tease kim jong il kim jong un

ands and also siberia including the ocean but the key is the korean peninsula. it's based on the plan. we explained kim jong-un. but we have been promised -- it how to implement -- it depends on the north korean summit. we gave the older fruits and something good to trump. if trump made a good summit, and we have a great plan to support north korea economically, this is the plan. i am not going to be surprised. the south korea government, not to launchr, their economic support for north korea but they will be taking a greater approach while keeping pace with international society. >> they are big tariffs but not immediately. >> we have big tariffs. lots of things and we are willing to. but first you have to do what you need to do. this is our clear message. >> the visit to north korea? >> the announcement of the upcoming visit, he got promoted and became state counselor and foreign minister. the announcement of his visit is another example of the quickening of diplomatic efforts in the region by the different parties. i think one of his missions is to make prepar

this is what he means by denuclearization of the korean peninsula. just a long way to go and we are not going to get there. please vote for the opposition side of the motion today. [applause] >> thank you, sue mi terry. that concludes round one of this debate, where our motion is negotiations can denuclearize north korea. we move on to around two -- round two. take questions from the and our live audience in washington, d.c. theteam are doing for motion, made up of suzanne dimaggio and bonnie jenkins, they have argued that basically, right now, this table is set that we are living in a very optimistic time, and they are arguing for optimism. argue is thathey deals that once seemed impossible can be reached. they say they understand and share the skepticism from the other side, but they do not think that should blind us to the possibilities we are in. they argue the current leader of north korea, kim jong-un, has an incentive, to bring his nation into the world of nations, and to repair its economic disaster. and for that, it might be willing to trade

crosstalk in the korean peninsula i'm joined by my guest and washington he is a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have john merrow he is former chief of the north east asia division of the bureau of intelligence and research at the u.s. state department as well as author of korea the peninsular origins of the war and in new york we cross to daniel as our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to you first in washington if you look at the mainstream media and particularly the cable stations all the focus on the korean peninsula is directed towards this summit that may have with the north korean leader but really i think it's what's more important happening this week and if the two koreas coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meanin

pressure and all other options with the clear objective of achieving the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> you talked to otto warmbier's father. what did he say to you? it must be very painful. >> it's a very special family. the president reached out to the warmbier's over the weekend with the news these three americans were coming home. i called yesterday morning and talked to fred and cindy. while we rejoice in these americans coming home that they were in our hearts and prayers. secretary of state told me he was thinking about them during time he was on the ground in north korea as well. this is family while we were able to get otto home with his passing the nation grieved but to see these three americans come off the plane, we hope it's a sign this is real opportunity to achieve peace on the korean peninsula. we'll continue to move forward in way that engages. we appreciate kim jong-un's efforts. so far we appreciate his release of these americans but we have no illusions about the challenges that we face to achieve. >> why did the president call him honorable some weeks ago? is th

orthodox diplomatic preparation for a meeting that would have consequential importance on the korean peninsula and the future of north korean government. people will have different opinions on this. even despite the cancellation of the summit are we worse or better off given there was at least an attempt to have a conversation? >> i think that's the way senior american officials in the white house, that this was an opening for a breakthrough. and the payoff may be as remote as it would lead the probability, which is so great that we had to try it. opening't say that the has been completely closed because there was a lot of talk or criticism that trump was moving too fast. and maybe kim jong-un was criticized but then pyongyang is moving too fast as well, that the bureaucracy and the army weren't really ready for this. if north korea went ahead with this by really prioritizing economic development, north korea doesn't have any resources really. taking stuff meant from the military and putting it into civilian economy. amanda: as the world watches is the nuclear threat higher today than it was y

for the entire korean peninsula. so, i have tremendous confidence in president moon and i think that his way, the way he is, really is helping us to potentially make a deal. whether the deal gets made or not, who knows. it's a deal. who knows? you never know about deals. you go into deals that are 100 percent certain, it doesn't happen. you go into deals that have no chance, and it happens, and sometimes happens easily. i made a lot of deals. i know deals, i think, better than anybody knows deals. you never really know. and that's why i say it to you. but i will tell you, this is a good man and he is a very capable man. and i think south korea is very lucky to have him. do you want to interpret that for him so he can hear? (crosstalk) because, you know, he's -- he's not hearing what we're doing here. go ahead. go ahead. wait, we'll just let that be interpreted. he probably does -- he probably knows better than we do. did i do a good job? (laughter) i can't do better than that. that's called an a-plus rating, right? i

bad at even of it and it's not constructive for the prospects of beauty a lasting peace on the korean peninsula it also does not help that the grogs asian process not the united states president don't trust me that decision immediately after that this struction one of tested so it's five k. and this is even made the holes into if he was worse it made it less easy to trust the real intention of the united states and it also creates more difficulties for d.p. r. k. and its leaders to create the come to terms with any future decision to meet with the president of the united states so i think it's a major setback and how worse it will become we didn't always do need to look at the situation very closely but article the momentum will come to the conclusion that there is only one right thing to do as far as didn't grow as asia onlooker but easily is because that is to do diplomacy and dialogue and negotiation and never threaten to use nuclear weapons yeah just that tweet coming from donald trump's feed and i quote suddenly i was forced to cancel the summit meeting in singapore to kim jong un i'm sure

things are moving quite quickly on the korean peninsula. i've been following very closely like everyone else but i think there's a fundamental misunderstanding in western media about what's really going on because this is what's really going on is the koreans deciding their fate irrespective of who wants to take credit for. the line that the moon of a bomb gave to its article describing this meeting. and most hopeful and most hopeful korean summit with lead to a chance for final success. is building it in their senior year is ok i mean is the only optimistic had been just between koreans the problem would have been solved long ago we see that there is no real perineal anymore city there is no real between koreans the problem is not about north korea not been able to reform itself it is reforming itself the problem is with the west in the wars which in the last twenty years changed completely changed beyond recognition and which could not agree to any kind of compromise even if that allows you to lessen their nuclear danger the underlining c

stoltenberg, our commitment to stopping nuclear proliferation, including the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we want safety and peace for all koreans and the world. my administration is committed to working with our allies to ambitionss nuclear and destabilizing activities across the middle east. no matter where you go, where there is a problem, there is iran right behind it. we are not going to have that anymore. we must be strong to defend from threats outside. the strength of the nato alliance does not depend on military might a loan, but the heat ties of history and culture and tradition that have united our civilization. we must renew these ties and rededicate to our shared heritage. we want a heritage of peace, strength, but peace. strength, but peace. you,t to thank secretary-general, for joining us. it is an honor. for working with us to fortify , which hasliance stood as the work of freedom and prosperity. together, we will make nato and the nato alliance stronger. fairness, we need to be reciprocal. countries need to be reciprocal and what we are doing. are loyal and terrific and

troops from the peninsula, the question there comes down to whether we all remaining elements of the north korean threat. if the united its was to agree to end alliance with south korea its 28,000 troops in the peninsula, it could only do that under conditions where it was sure south korea was secure. it's not just the denuclearization of south korea, but the inability of them to do that conventionally. it would still not give south korea that guarantee. >> north koreans are not demanding the removal of u.s. troops from the peninsula. in fact, they said the opposite. who seems tosident be the most interested in removing our troops that we learned yesterday that this report, who seems more interested in doing that than the north koreans are. make up facts.ot let's follow what the north koreans are saying. let's bring them to the table, hold them to account, by all means, but let's pursue this to the fullest extent. [applause] be as your opponents can robust as that or even more so. [laughter] >> if you could tell us your name please? >> my name is dave. i think everyone acknowledged that china has

want to achieve on the korean peninsula? what are our interests? and in northeast asia, that will support u.s. and korean interests, alliance interests. as i said and as frank alludes to, the mutual defense treaty is not just about north korea. it is a treaty between the rok and the u.s. for mutual security. whatever evolves on the korean peninsula, we need to ask ourselves -- what our our combined interests and specifically for the military what goals and objectives and what our strategy is -- how do we organize u.s. and rok forces to support those political objectives? that is something that is important and something we have to continue to do. that is why we have seen the military alliance evolve over the last seven decades. we should not be afraid to evolve in the alliance to change force structure. one thing i do caution -- frank brought up 28,000 people. congress has talked about passing a law about having a floor. counting soldiers, sailors, marines, doesn't help me. what are the capabilities? if we had 22,000 crooks on the peninsula, i don't

korean peninsula is directed towards this summit that may have with the north korean leader but really i think that's what's more important happening this week and if the two koreas coming together how does this change the situation on the peninsula if north korea and south korea can find some kind of meaningful and let me stress meaningful reproach moment go ahead in washington. let me in response to your question later. right over here that the real credit for this situation the opportunity that we have today is because of president moon in south korea you know if we had a the same all the conservative south korean government in place today what would have happened is kim jong un would have gone through with his condense testing schedule and then after that he would have gone straight into his bunker emerging from time to time with grave threats and snarly garley threats to blow everything up the fact of the matter is that mungy is the person who has been able to tease kim jong il kim jong un out into the sunshine and has open and shown him a pathway to global integration and as well

opportunity for resolving the north korean nuclear issue and securing enduring peace on the korean peninsula complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. in this regard, secretary pompeo and i agreed that the next few weeks will be critical, requiring airtight coordination between the two countries. as announced, president moon will visit washington, dc soon to meet with president trump. the close communication and trust between presidents trump and moon has been the driving force that have brought us to this point of breakthrough for the denuclearisation and peace of the denuclearisation and peace of the clinic —— on the korean peninsula so their meeting on the 22nd will be instrumental in preparing for a successful us and north korea summit. secretary pompeo andl north korea summit. secretary pompeo and i reaffirmed that the green and us alliance which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year has long served as the linchpin for peace and stability in the region. we also confirmed that for the last 65 years, the united states forces in korea have played a

troops from the korean peninsula that their goal has always been to d. conflict demilitarize remove the u.s. presence from the korean peninsula and arrive a stable and secure peace deal with the cost and security guarantee for themselves what's interesting is that trumps show no signs that he's necessarily willing to offer any of this and yet he has been hyping up the possibility of denuclearization which is why many observers seem to be expecting this summit to can only by and in some kind of failure why i think is interesting is that actually there is a track record of western powers. in in in setting up these kind of failures i wonder if trump is trying to second mark for some kind of ram movie agreement if you remember in one thousand nine hundred nine when nato was preparing to one yugoslavia it offered milosevic this supposedly wonderful offer by which they would call off the the military action but they inserted into it and unacceptable clause which in which would allow total nato occupation of the whole of yugoslavia in other words they made him

he told them that russia wants peace and progress on the korean peninsula while also inviting him to moscow at the request of president putin. it is absolutely obvious that starting any discussion of the nuclear problem and all other programs on the korean peninsula they cannot be complete without repealing all sanctions on north korea that will go ahead will be a question of the skill of the negotiators but it cannot be done in one sitting one cannot provide denuclearization in one sitting so of course there must be several stages and in every stage there must be a two way road valma bride has the latest from seoul. so a lover of becoming the most senior russian official to meet with kim jong un since he came to power delivering the invitation to visit moscow to add to what is already a very busy summit itinerary for kim and also it came after lavrov is meeting with the north korean foreign minister after which he made his statement very much supporting north korea's position when it comes to the lifting of sanctions lavrov saying that it's it's not reasonable to expect the north ko

and that it would be the start of denuclearization of the whole of the korean peninsula. the un chief antonio says he's deeply concerned by the cancellation of the summit all parties to the north korea talks should continue their diplomatic efforts with nerves of steel diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations in new york ambassadors were arriving for a meeting of the u.n. security council when news of president trumps letter cancelling the summit broke the road ahead is a bumpy road and nothing is a given i think i just saw the news like you did and and so we will look into what that means i just i just heard that on the way now i hope this opportunity this opportunity will not be will not be missed in geneva the u.n. secretary general was attending a conference on disarmament i am deeply concerned by the cancellation of that planned meeting in singapore between the president united states and that we that of the democratic people's republic of korea and their euros the partners to continue their dialogue to find the best to the peaceful and very fireb

you have to say the japanese wouldn't be very happy with that unified strong powerful korean peninsula so you know that they wouldn't there to hold the fence thinking would have to be rethought keep going daniel and japan has tons of friends in washington also so so i think that we're going to see a huge ripple effect from the north northeastern northeast asia to washington. pile on and you know and trump is on one hand trump has got great power as a u.s. president but on this hand politically he's very. yes he is really on the ropes it's a ferocious problem. so i don't know i doubt very much it's he'll be able to withstand these forces and i think that he will i'm pretty sure he is incapable of engaging in the same kind of grand gesture that kim jong un is willing to engage on you know let me go back to sort of i mean you know he won the presidency he surprises it's all the time you know maybe it'll work this time i don't know i mean don't you think also it's just a mindset i mean north korea is this cartoonish evil character the axis of evil i mean it's so convenient and there's so m

china has always insisted on denuclearization peace and stability on the korean peninsula always insisted on finding a solution that response to the appropriate concerns of all relevant parties through dialogue and negotiation thanks. unusually last friday chinese leaders found themselves on the sidelines of a major international event happening on their doorstep and they won't be part of the planned meeting between president donald trump and kim jong il either. analysts say china's president who met kim jong un in late march wants to ensure that the chinese aren't left out of future talks that could possibly include the united states and i want to make sure that in any war on these questions china will have its here seat and good negotiating table it is hard to believe the trying to won't play a role in any future discussions it is in theory at least the only ally that north korea has and china was also a signatory to the one nine hundred fifty three armistice that ended hostilities on the korean peninsula but not the state of war that still exists between the two koreas adrian brown al

to find the path to the peaceful very far though didn't realize asian of the korean peninsula. president trump wants to continue the dialogue but to set conditions. if it when kim jong un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and action. i am waiting. the world is waiting to see if these two leaders will ever meet and if their eyes ation will ever be achieved. and for more of this i'm joined here at the big table by korea expert professor has mostly from the for university here in berlin professor it's good to see you again you know we didn't think we were going to be talking about this this soon the it appears the entire world was caught off guard by this decision and what did you think when you heard about it yeah i was surprised by it too i heard from my students during my lecture today and we discussed it but it's not only i think also the. people around for themselves they were surprised by that of course moon of the south korean president was taken by surprise he visited for president only one day before and they had very good conversation what does this mean i mean

comes to the question of removing the troops in the peninsula, the question comes down to whether we have removed all remaining elements of the north korean if the united states were to agree to end the alliance with south korea and remove its 28,000 troops from the peninsula it could only do that under the conditions where they were short south korea were secure. that is just the denuclearization but that is the inability to end the self conventionally into an agreement to denuclearized. >> they are not demanding the removal of u.s. troops from the peninsula. in fact they said the opposite, they accepted it. that is our president seems to be the most interested in removing the troops that we just learned yesterday who seems more interested in dealing death and the north koreans. let's not make up facts. let's follow what they are saying. let's bring them to the table and hold them to account by all means, but let's pursue this to the fullest extent. [applause] your applause can be a robust like that or even more so. [laughter] >> if you could tell us your name please. >> i think everyone acknowledged china has the most influence by far a

well basically russia has been important in the korean peninsula it has been a party of the six party talks and certainly you can assume a rather important role in their eyes upon young since the economic ties between russia and the united states are more limited. then russia certainly can stand up to american pressure more than china more easily than china and it is in the interest of russia to achieve didn't the deed nuclearization of the north korean peninsula certainly nuclear weapons program. will likely provoke south korea and japan to develop nuclear weapons to the strategic disadvantage of russia and china or the us you are speaking we're showing pictures of sort of a lover of a meeting with kevin java and mr lavrov has warned yang to consider quote recent history when it comes to making a possible deal with washington what does a lot of raw mean by that. the russian foreign minister would like to inform him that the negotiations process has to proceed in a reasonable rational manner in view of the demand on the part of the united states that the deed nuclearization process ha

you have to take the japanese wouldn't be very happy with that unified strong powerful korean peninsula so you know that they wouldn't there to hold the fence thinking would have to be rethought keep going daniel. and japan has tons of friends in washington also so so i think that we're going to see a huge ripple effect from the north northeastern northeast asia on to washington. pile on and you know and trump is on one hand trump has got great power as a as a u.s. president but on this hand politically he's very. yes he is really on the ropes it's a ferocious problem. so i don't know i doubt very much it'll be able to withstand these forces and i think that he will i'm pretty sure he is incapable of engaging in the same kind of grand gesture that kim jong un is willing to engage and you know let me go back to sort of i mean you know he won the presidency he surprises it's all the time you know maybe it'll work this time i don't know i mean don't you think also it's just a mindset i mean north korea is this cartoonish evil character the axis of evil i mean it's so convenient and there's

humming through that down for far as a party that's concerned about the nuclear issue on the korean peninsulawe think that a meeting between the u.s. and north korean leaders would have a pivotal role in promoting the denuclearization process in the present situation we really hope that the united states and north korea can cherish the recent positive progress exercised patients show goodwill and meet each other halfway and can continue to be dedicated to solving each other's concerns three talks and to work together to promote the denuclearization process the soko china saying that they are hopeful that a summits can still take place that the progress that's been made in the last few weeks and months can be built upon what role do you see china playing now were it disappointing in time china really remains on very strong backer of wealth korea desist a country in general and tools to is it just a destination is always first member state visit since taking power in china has joined tremendous support for the korean regime throughout this process despite the fact that it has said some very dif

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—— on the korean peninsula.n i think the south koreans are willing to engage in but there is also a question about why that the americans would be willing to use us troop numbers as a bargaining chip in the negotiations, because north korea has in the past regularly said it would denuclearise if the us withdrew its troops. now the secretary of defence as well as the president have already said that is not going to happen in these negotiations, that troop numbers are off the table when it comes to negotiations over the nuclear weapons and the south korean minister again referred to that today, saying she had confidence after her discussion with mr pompeo that this would remain a bilateral issue. it is something they would discuss together as two countries and allies, not something that would be part of the negotiations. thank you forjoining us. barbara plett usher in washington. for many years, anwar ibrahim was cast as the villain of malaysian politics. a former deputy prime minister, he was twice put on trial a

going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the korean peninsula stay with our team. come. on. the. political end used to be to get a mass of you start with a few feel for something fun instead i think it's just that my life. when i left that i sat next. to matt mccartney a lot of those make. it was the worst of the lot of the evening because somebody is slow. to. keep. up the. chemistry of those mug him until he's the second to none of them and generally have a difficult time. and these years i live apart from that i don't. know how shame or. killing it's gonna be a admission from the. welcome back to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the korean peninsula and the possibility of peace. ok let's go back to daniel in new york you were taking us down history lane you were you were just talking about the axis of evil to pick up from there go ahead daniel yeah so in two thousand and two with this axis of evil speech george w. bush essentially declared war on north korea and that's that speech has never been

china has interests china hopes for peace and stability in the korean peninsula shot gun. under no circumstances should we allow a war. to happen. in this peninsula. that is why we should promote the process. denuclearization of the korean peninsula and we are here to very determined decisive position on that matter yes. yes. i read the news. i should i. knew. despite the statement of president. the statement of north korea. both sides still leave some money for discussion so i'm confident that peace and stability in the korean peninsula. have to be maintained. between north korea and the u.s. right now john the charge. as some aid is needed. was. she the big so. i often believe. the best result you've got to wage war for a long time but in order to settle this issue you believe we have to be full of hope and on and on. and. prayer is about the theme of this forum madame lagarde in a second but you have any advice to the world in terms of how to deal with president trump because you were somebody who was. associated with the election of president truman and yes you look and

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well basically russia has been important in the korean peninsula it has been a part of the six party talks and certainly it can assume or rather your part and role in their eyes upon young since the economic ties between russia and the united states are more limited. then russia certainly can stand up to american pressure more than time no more easily than time and they have this in the interests of russia to achieve in the denuclearization of the north korean peninsula certainly our nuclear weapons program. will likely provoke south korea and japan to develop nuclear weapons to the strategic disadvantage of russia and china. now the european court of human rights is ruled that little way near and remain here this is a patriot in the cia's program of secret black site detentions and also violated the prohibition on top by helping the agency within with the interrogation of to al-qaeda terrorist suspects rumania has hosted a cia secret detention facility from september two thousand and three to november two thousand and five while the through any year had done so from february two tho

north korea to witness the demolition of its nuclear tests a step towards the denuclearized korean peninsula. another day another diplomatic one maybe from donald trump owns he leaves the world guessing if the historic summit with north korea maybe. shortly after. this week international economic forum global business leaders on the political. will to. what was one of the most anticipated meetings between the french and russian leaders. the u.k. government used in almost one year on from the grand fell tragedy a public inquiry was launched this week into why seventy two people lost their lives in the monday and power block fire. with the top stories from the past seven days on rights up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international a highly symbolic step was taken by north korea as it destroyed its nuclear test site in front of the world's cameras on thursday artie's correspondent it. was among the journalists invited to witness the facility being decommission. we're in debating international airport and as you can see behind me we're being greeted like celebrit

to bring about a denuclearize korean peninsula. everyone has a role to play. i help the role is a constructive one. the role is a constructive one. >> in answer to your question, i believe the u.s. appreciates the role china has played. it seems that has been focused on managing the situation. we are now at a point where china could be very helpful and we welcome china pots -- china's role. >> we will see if china is up for it. another round of three questions. marvin over here, and brian them. oh, yes, sure. >> marvin, john hopkins wilson center. 's commento dr. kim about china being in the dna of korea and if north korea and u.s. relations improve, north koreans view the role of the u.s. forces may change. i was going to ask that question and then you anticipated me. can you elaborate on that? specifically can you see this infecting at the center of trump 's negotiations, putting on the table if we can develop a constructive relationship in my view of u.s. forces in korea will be different. >> brian? >> thank you. brian, voice of america. a two-part question