the single biggest mistake that people make when analyzing the korean peninsula is that the focus is on the united states i agree you have to understand that for the entire korean peninsula and remember that north korea and south korea have only existed as separate entities for the last seventy years korea has been around for two thousand years for two thousand years korea has been surrounded by great powers united states has only been around for as far as korea's been concerned for one hundred years so for north korea the united states for the last seventy years so for for north korea's nuclear weapons united states is only one actor so so the nuclear weapon serves a strategic purpose about independence and security for all the great powers so even if the united states provides a guarantee of independence and security for north korea now it's still about independence against china russia and potentially any other great power that threatens the korean peninsula in the future ok you said that is why north korea will not give up its nuclear weapons to the united to the that every other

speaking after signing a joint agreement with the north korean leader to denuclearize the korean peninsula . i feel great a welcome to the program donald trump and kim jong un have concluded their summers in singapore with a joint declaration pledging to denuclearize the korean peninsula the unprecedented meeting between u.s. president times north korean leader was a closely watched a fact only a few months ago the two men had been publicly insulting each other and threatening war today they appear to have put the past behind. it's the moment many doubted would happen u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which commits p.r. nyang to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the highly anticipated summit in singapore hailed a success by the leaders. to speak here. today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us were about to sign a historic document the world will see a major change in the view that. we have developed a very special bond show. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be

koreas must decide this but let me also point out that peace does not equal stability on the korean peninsula also does not equal unification ok which also does not necessarily mean that the end of conflict or hostility so these are all different things which also does not mean the end of north korea's missile programs or the end of north korea's threats or the end of the north korean regime or the end of north korea's nuclear programs so all of these issues are all completely separate and the world different countries in the region and americans we all need to understand these a separate issues and i think everybody just thought that on june twelfth that president trump and kingdom would want sit down and suddenly americans and everybody else would feel safe if well the summit succeeded or if it failed we would suddenly go to war well it's simply not the case but i think the media and gareth you've been talking about this i mean the media's been pretty shameful in the narratives that they've been pushing but that almost has everything to do with domestic politics in the united states and let

there stable korean peninsula anyway you turn it countries that are making money seem to be a little bit better off also when it comes to stability these these war games i mean it's been nonsense a lot of countries from the outside looking in have been thinking this is just not help the situation at all and for them to go away i think this is an excellent move on the behalf of president trump our key correspondent alex mahela thank you so much alex. time now for a quick break but hang here because when we return danielle de martino both helps us take stock probably a better word of where we are on economic growth of the u.s. as new economic indicators are coming out as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell. you know world a big part of truth. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to big deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely wa

and no shortage of people whose worst nightmare might come true peace coming through the korean peninsula. cross talking the singapore summit i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nuclear scare also in washington we have one she is a visiting professor at georgetown university and a former senior special advisor for embassador and christopher hill at the u.s. state department all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated gareth let me go to you first even bing about what was happening before the summit what are your what are you or your reactions to the summit now now that it's gone into history go ahead gary. you know peter it was never the case in my view that this summit was going to produce a substantive document that was going to represent you know negotiated agreements on some of the tricky issues that necessarily will have to be resolved in reaching the agreement on nuclear deal. in k

they agreed to to a commitment to denuclearization getting rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula donald trump said he look forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening to them and are essentially report rehearsing for their destruction these military exercises will be stopped from said that they were very expensive and very provocative and from there we heard some more talk about what would go on on the peninsula itself this is donald trump we're not redu

that peace can actually be made in this korean peninsula.eter: very positive take. , donaldkarnitschnig trump the deal has scored a great victory in singapore. matthew: it may be too early to claim "great victory," but just the fact that, as i said, he got the north koreans to the table and they are discussing such sensitive issues or will be in the coming weeks is something that one should not downplay at this point. i think there is always a lot of skepticism. you hear these arguments, he is putting kim on a pedestal or allowing him to have this sort of perception that he is a world leader, that he is legitimizing him. at the same time, i feel this is exactly what we have done with putin for years, and here we have a leader who is in many forle's view responsible using chemical weapons in syria, who has annexed crimea, as we know, who is fighting a war in ukraine, and in europe, nobody has a problem with talking to -- --peter: two wrongs make a right? matthew: i don't necessarily think two wrongs make a right, but if you argue that dialogu

war games on the korean peninsula describing them as provocative though the u.s. military is yet to receive an order to actually stop the drills with south korea the pentagon since revealed that to gal who's the director of the china national association of international studies thinks that north korea should be treating the u.s. promises with caution. the lead is let us give hope some chance lead is very very optimistic for what the future may hold however also please allow me to emphasize that the united states does not have a good and solid track record of keeping its promises look at what happened to iraq look at what happened to libya look at what happened to syria look at the fact that the united states are the president decided to walk out of the iran nuclear deal all these are very alarming signs for d.p. r. k. and i would not be surprised if they have as allies of the us changes of their position again and again and again very carefully and whatever they agreed to with president donald trump must have been built upon their deep analysis of what if these a

donald trump and kim jong il and i agree to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula in historic declaration signs at the summit us president said north korean chairman pledged to work towards peace in the current. i feel very welcome to the program first bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump has praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he committed to denuclearizing the korean peninsula historic summit during a press conference president trump said that the north was already destroying a missile site but he explained this detail does not appear in their joint declaration as it was agreed on afterwards they also announced that the us will cease military exercises on the korean peninsula and the sanctions will remain in place for now. so after the signing us president donald trump praised north korea's leader for signing. all right personal to me personally when are american personnel and any leader of north korea. real changes in the past. my meeting with your interviewer was ours. and. we got to know each other well very confined. so here

does not since the early 1990's, have actual nukes stationed on the korean peninsula. range under this protective umbrella in east asia. i have not read through some of wasdetails yet for what signed. i would be surprised if donald trump and the u.s. signed any agreement that would reduce, at this point, the troop presence or that security umbrella over east asia. and two seemne focused on having a new era of relatis. some of the language is about plans for further negotiations. led by secretary of state mike pompeo. "a relevant high-level north korean official at the earliest possible date." the remains of prisoners of war. we are slowly getting details of the signed communique, piece of paper. can we step back, we are going to listen to the president, president trump on this historic day. president trump: our relationship with north korea and the korean peninsula is going to be very much different situation than it has in the past. we both want to do something, we something,ing to do and we have developed a very special bond. get back to haslinda amin. thise drilling

and north korea that includes a call for the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. and we're very proud of what took place today. i think our whole relationship with north korea and the korean for their jewelry is going to be very much different situation than it has in the best we both want to do something we both are going to do something and we have developed a very special bond so. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and we're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world. so the moment today we have a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind and sign a historic document the world will see a major change i would like to express my gratitude to mr donald trump for making this meeting happen. top economic adviser larry kudlow has suffered a heart attack and is now being treated in the hospital comes a day after he accused canadian prime minister justin trudeau of stabbing the us in the back over last week's g. seven summit headless wife says he is in stable condition white house spokesper

commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula to move d.w. correspondent and hundred from naaman who joins us from singapore welcome alexander are you able to put any more flesh on the bones of what appears to have been a great. both sides agreed on the these four points you were just talking about and the problem is that these points seem to be very vague and there are nothing new each of them can be found in agreements with no screwing up in an even stronger way and particulary what is said about. this. and the president is better read according to experts and because we know. it's to work. and it closes ation what's going to do when it's he going to do it i think what concrete steps are going to be taken by the nosebleed and regime and all of us as it's going to prove to verify that the north korean regime is really committed to the nuclearization so there are a lot of questions that have to be on search and we have to say when you look at this documents today we have to say it's just all talk and no action that was at least one concrete c

now departed after a whirlwind day filled with new images and maybe even a new paradigm for the peninsula. for the first time in 70 years. with few details available, experts are trying to dweetermi what was achieved. a historic handshake for the first time an american president meets the leader of north korea. later, they sign a joint declaration in which kim jong-un commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> translator: today, we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind. we are about to sign an historic document. the world will see a major change. >> president trump took a victory lap. >> i will say this, we're much further along than i would have thought. i told people, i didn't want to build up people's hopes too much. >> the state was relatively vague, similar to previous agreements with north korea. >> the joint statement does not talk about verifiable or irreversible denuclearization. is that a concession on a part of the united states? >> not at all. if you look at it, it said we are going to -- let's see here. it will be gone.

so you saying there that the the number of troops on the korean peninsula will not be reduced at the moment now from there donald trump talks about the previous administrations and their record in dealing with north korea and how difficult it was to make this meeting this historic meeting you know between two countries that have been basically at war with each other in a legal sense for the last sixty years how difficult it was to make this meeting happen this is donald trump talking about previous administrations and the difficulties. they proceeded down a path in the past and ultimately as you know nothing got done in one case they took billions of dollars during the clinton regime to billions of dollars and nothing happened that was a terrible thing and he actually brought it up to me i don't think they've ever had the confidence frankly in a president that they have right now for getting things done and having the ability to get things done. well there's obviously a huge amount of optimism around the world in the aftermath of this is sturrock meeting however there are different v

they agreed to a commitment to denuclearization getting rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula donald trump said he look forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening to them and are essentially report rehearsing for their destruction these military exercises will be stopped doll trump said that they were very expensive and very provocative and from there we heard some more talk about what would go on on the peninsula itself this is donald trump we're no

historic handshake donald trump and kevin jong il promised lasting peace on the korean peninsula. chairman jim and i just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to promptly denuclearization of the korean peninsula. a signed document says north korea will work towards denuclearization it's not clear how long the process will take. this up kerry this is al jazeera life and also coming up south korea's government shares the sun that while china suggest sanctions relief could be consider for north korea. the divide why british ministers resigned just ahead of a series of crunch votes and are long that. it was a summit high and symbolism low on detail donald trump and kim jong un have just wrapped up their historic meeting in singapore or the two leaders signed a joint statement ken pledged his commitment to the nuclearization on the korean peninsula all saying the two leaders were leaving the past behind spoke very warmly of us north korean counterpart adrian brown reports from singapore. no one was sure quite what to expect from this summit at least

some of the reaction from the crean peninsula.ean peninsula. from washington, dc, chris buckler -- korean peninsula. the white house are happy with the way things went. this document has been sent out from the white house with a series of comments from local, national, and, indeed, international politicians, amongst other figures, in which they save the president has to be congratulated to talk about the steps and strides taken here. but they are talking about steps and strides. it is a detail that some are concerned about in all of this. certainly, donald trump's political opponents have been saying that he has given kimjong—un opponents have been saying that he has given kim jong—un what he wanted, photo opportunities and getting rid of those military exercises in south korea, while not necessarily getting anything in return. there is something else coming. kimjong—un return. there is something else coming. kim jong—un potentially visiting america, according to the north korean state news agency. there seems to be something he h

trump will accept nothing less than the complete, and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsulaorth america editor, jon sopel. cheering was there ever a more vivid symbol of the dramatic change that seems to be in the singapore air? the reclusive leader of a one—time pariah state on a night—time walkabout in a tourist destination, just ahead of his summit with donald trump. korea watchers even debating whether this is kim jong—un‘s first known selfie. the us president, the long—time master of grabbing all media attention, was having a much more low—key day. lunch with the singaporean prime minister. no, this isn't him celebrating prematurely — it's donald trump's birthday later this week, though progress with kim jong—un would be the gift of all gifts. the american president sees this potentially as his moment in history — potentially a moment of history for the world. he's determined, energised and positive and so much happier to be in singapore than quebec. at a briefing, the us secretary of state was upbeat. all the preparations were coming together nicely. there are only two

of the korean peninsula in exchange. as for kim jong un promising to give all pais nuclear arsenal donald trump has committed to providing security guarantees for the regime the us president suggested afterwards about the two had formed a strong relationship and that the intend to meet again the turnaround in relations comes just months after the perp with threatening each other with all. predicted and we have developed a very special bond. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states they will be met with fire and fury and have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place you will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is a sick puppy. a frightened dog barks louder i will surely indefinitely tame the mentally deranged us doted with fire. this is true is proven over and over again and visitors can indeed become friends both very honored to sign the document thank you. so the today we had the story meeting you decided to leave the past behind so we're very proud of what to

the other part is commitment and denuclearization of the korean peninsula, not of north korea. this is a bit of a concession as well. this is what the north korean style of negotiation always held that it needs to be the u.s. needs to get its nukes off south korea as well. those have been gone for quite awhile, but the fact is that south korea and north korea are going to have to agree on no nukes on the peninsula, and that's going to include any u.s. nukes that might be in the vicinity as well. >> there's also some talk about recovering pow remains. how significant is that? >> that's a big deal. i can't remember the exact number, but there are thousands of missing pows and remains that have not been repatriated. we have a long history with vietnam, even when we weren't getting along with the war, them helping us repatriate remains. this is a big deal. we lost 36, 37,000 people in that war, the u.s. did alone. many of those never came home, were never found. this is a big step. one thing you'll notice, you remember when prime minister abe met with president trump, and he said p

and mr trump will want complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula or had the one done with you and takes the pressure off to have more than one meeting because if you made it all about one meeting the chances of a failure would be would be too serious i think being able leave things for future beatings having a process start up is going to bode good for everybody the ultimate objective we seek from diplomacy with north korea has not changed the completely verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula is the only outcome that the united states will accept. they are two of the world's most provocative and controversial leaders but can u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un do what no leader before them has managed to do for the past seven decades break the hostility and most recently the threat of nuclear confrontation between their two countries at this hour all eyes are on singapore where the summit of the year is taking place trump wants kim to denuclearize and kim wants trump to get u.s. forces off of the korean peninsula neithe

in which trump and kim promised to work towards the complete to denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula the question is though will these two volatile leaders keep their promises and is this agreement only going to upgrade the international standing of a murderous dictator so our question here on quadriga this week is trump and came a big deal to answer that question i'm joined here in the studio by sasha an expert on disarmament with i can germany's a nobel prize winning organization for the abolition of nuclear weapons he say's trump and kim's deal doesn't go far enough to succeed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has to be embedded in international law that other actions need to be involved with this is matthew carney chief europe correspondent for politico and matthew argues that it may be hard for many to accept but trump was right just getting the north koreans to the table to seriously talk peace he's an impressive outcome and a very warm welcome to to tell you a year in from the korea communication research center here in berlin who believes . probably knowing that

as something ends with kim jong un committing to the complete to denuclearize ation of the peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from donald trump but some are already questioning how serious the u.s. president is about sticking to the side of the deal. or not reducing anything we're not reduced very little bit early for that we have to get things moving the sanctions will remain in effect we will be stopping the war games going to last until we see that the future negotiation is not going along like it should. two days and counting the finishing touches are made ahead of the people in russia to of all world cup special manchester united manager predicts the countries to make it to the latter rounds in july. is going to be really hard to portugal a little while before the squad. because of my cards but. there is it's all sleds and it's in these new government makes good on one of its more divisive campaign promises closing ports to a vessel carrying stricken migrants. either this is r.t. in moscow covering the big stories around the world i'm calling brian welcome to the prog

the korean peninsula. security guarantees there are questions though about what's actually changed at the end of the day. we're not producing anything we're not reducing very little bit early for that we have to get things moving the sanctions will remain in effect we will be stopping the war games unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should. two days and counting the finishing touches a major head of the. russia. special manchester united manager predicts the countries to make it to the latter rounds next month. is going to really hard to portugal why of course of course because of my heart's bugs. it itself lets. new government makes good on one of its more divisive campaign promises closing the ports to a vessel carrying. an edge to say the twelfth of june had stuffed. pm here in moscow i want to call them bright welcome to world news from ati first up for you the big news out of singapore today it's a deal done the leaders of the u.s. and north korea earliest signed

kidnapped both left singapore after signing a joint agreement they pledged to denuclearize the korean peninsula and the u.s. also helped to ease tensions there with the north by promising to stop holding military exercises with the south. also coming up the french president a man who had been called announces and lead over the rescue ship left to drift in the mediterranean the more than six hundred stranded migrants now living to spain after it stepped up and offered to help cold accuses the italian government of breaking international. whale of a rock it's great to have you along everyone. they came they shook hands they made history and now the hard part begins donald trump and kim jong un wrapped up their unprecedented summit in singapore with a joint declaration pledging to denuclearize the korean peninsula but the document doesn't specify a timeline or a deadline for pyongyang to get rid of nuclear weapons north korea's human rights record also doesn't feature in the final statement with the impact of the summit still to be determined both leaders seemed keen to let bygones be bygones. it'

the other part is commitment and denuclearization of the korean peninsula, not of north korea. this is a bit of a concession as well. this is what the north korean style of negotiation always held that it needs to be the u.s. needs to get its nukes off south korea as well. those have been gone for quite awhile, but the fact is that south korea and north korea are going to have to agree on no nukes on the peninsula, and that's going to include any u.s. nukes that might be in the vicinity as well. >> there's also some talk about recovering pow remains. how significant is that? >> that's a big deal. i can't remember the exact number, but there are thousands of missing pows and remains that have not been repatriated. we have a long history with vietnam, even when we weren't getting along with the whaar, tm helping usu repatriate remains. we lost 36, 37,000 people in that war, the u.s. did alone. many of those never came home, were never found. this is a big step. one thing you'll notice, you remember when prime minister abe met with president trump, and he said please see what you

speaking after signing a joint declaration with the north korean leader to denuclearize the korean peninsula. i'm still get a welcome to the program. a first bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump has praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula the joint declaration also committed the two countries to continuing efforts to bring a lasting and stable peace to the koreans this is the first time a north korean leader at met for talks with a sitting u.s. president usa concept resisted such a meeting for decades describing north korea as a rogue state that should unilaterally abandon nuclear weapons. after the meeting the president expressed his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at that meeting. ortley i want to thank chairman kim for taking the first step toward a bright new future for his people are unprecedented meeting the first between an american president and a leader of north korea proves that real change is indeed possible my meeting with chairman kim was honest direct an

i live on the korean peninsula it was tense. it's remarkable how quickly we have gotten to this point. >> absolutely. again just this picture just the fact it happened. is a major shift. i'll be it a picture and moment that kim has been wanting for sometime. that his father wanted. and grandfather. jeff zeleny we counted six separate photo ops. six moments and pictures between the two men. and apparently according to you a lot of demand from the koreans in the plans process. >> there was demand for equalfy. equal number of flags and time. kim jong un was treated as an equal head of state. we heard he of course is about half of president trumps age. he's 34 years old. president trump turns 72 this week. on thursday. so he said he arrived early out of deference to the older statesman. in other respect there was equality. what i was struck by and the la language is similar to what we have heard. except from trump. he added a list of super latives and flattering comments. i saw a reversal. he was doing that today. he was calling him

say's trump and kim's deal doesn't go far enough to succeed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has to be embedded in international law and other actors need to be involved with this is matthew carney chief europe correspondent for politico and matthew argues that it may be hard for many to accept but trump was of rights just getting the north koreans to the table to seriously top. please he's an impressive outcome and a very warm welcome suited to our union from the korea communication research center here in berlin who believes that properly knowing and understanding north korea is the key to peace well thank you full three of you for being here with me today on quadriga i'd like to begin with you to uni and south korean president moon j m has been quoted as saying that the trump kim summit opens the way to a new era of peace and cooperation on the korean peninsula do you agree i totally agree and it's already agree here is a very historical moment. with the faults and north korea summit in april and also the following summit which happened a few days focal think it's very his

meets the nuclear provocative or will they produce the biggest breakthrough for peace on the korean peninsula in seven decades the face off is now i'm sorry kelly and this is the day. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never see. the entire united states is within range of our nuclear weapons and a nuclear button is always on my desk and book the to me those are seeking to break out of the dangerous cycle that created so much concern last year we've had eight international agreements in the past with north korea where they first promised never to build nuclear weapons and then promised to give up the weapons they promised never to build in the first place and all have failed. the north korean regime will lie and say they do not have nuclear weapons. and mr trump will want complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula or have the one done with you and takes the pressure off to have more than one meeting because if you made it all about one meeting the chances of a failure would be would be too serious i think being able leave things for future meetings having a process

denuclearizea peninsula -- denuclearized peninsula. they do not want to see a north korean regime collapse that could lead to a refugee crisis. they also do not want to see a conflict on the korean peninsula which would bring more u.s. military forces to the region. they see that as an indirect threat to their own sovereignty. china has multiple interests they are trying to balance. helpful working with united states and the international community to tighten the sanctions on the regime. it is with or through china. toy are going to continue play an important role for it the thing i would encourage people to watch for is if this bearmatic process does not fruit and have donald trump appears to the walking away from negotiating table prematurely and eyes of beijing, the chinese thenot be ready to reapply maximum pressure policy that the trump administration has pursued. words, we may not be able to go back to the point that we were a few months ago where we had maximum support from the international community to bring the negotiators to

on that is really potentially changing the state of relations in asia particularly on the korean peninsula between north korea and the u.s. and no one has a clue what they signed. and here's a very unusual situation we're going to come back to you no doubt james very as we get some details hopefully soon of what was in that document or letter as donald trump called it for now that's our diplomatic editor there in singapore for heralding a new beginning they were the words of the north korean leader kim jong un after his historic summit with the u.s. president donald trump and singapore the two leaders signed what trump described as a comprehensive joint document just a short time ago the details of that document as i mentioned have been released yet trump has promised to reveal more later both leaders and their respective delegations of how private meetings a working lunch and bilateral talks it's the first time a sitting u.s. president has met a north korean leader. we're very proud of what took place today. i think our whole relationship with north korea and the korean peninsula is going

with see this as the start of a process that would not only lead to the denuclearization of the peninsula but also perhaps the end of the korean war or replacing that decade's old environment this agreement with a permanent peace treaty. jason south korean president moon jay and said that he hardly slept the night before the summit in singapore do you think that his expectations for what was to unfold today have been matched or he really hinges entire international reputation on this summit he has acted as the facilitator from the very start he had said not only to the south korean people but to the world that he could make the impossible happen that he could make the u.s. leader and the north korean leader sit down across from one another and i'm sure any agreements made i think anything short of the talks completely breaking down is good news for the south korean president now trump has reportedly given security assurances to north korea will fall be concerned that those assurances those guarantees may have gone further than it wants. i mean we have to remember there are parallel negoti

towards the com plete united states to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsulahich we believe has bolstered the political momentum for action to resolve the north korean nuclear issue. secondly, we share the understanding that the june 12 summit is not the end but a new beginning towards a denuclearisation peaceful korean peninsula. in this regard, it is our shared expectation to see substantial progress in the denuclearisation process through follow—up negotiations building on the outcome of the summit. we also hope this process will spell out more concrete picture of a brighter and more prosperous future for north korea. thirdly, the three of us agree we would not have been here today without the close co—operation of our leaders, especially the frequent trust forged between president moon and president trump has been the driving force which led to this summit and ensured its success. in this regard, we look forward to continuing negotiations towards the complete denuclearisation and permanent peace on the korean peninsula. we will continue our close co—operat

troops on the korean peninsula.ose troops are withdrawn, which may be the case, that would be a gift to china. >> that would be met with welcome arms. open arms here in beijing, january. when we talk about security guarantees, when we get an indication of what's in the statement. the united states says there could be security for kim jong-un, does that mean removal or reduction of the troop size that the u.s. forces have on the korean peninsula? that's the strategic interest that china would very much like to push towards happening, in terms of what are china's goals out of this summit? what they want, if the north koreans are going to give something up, they want the other side, the united states, south koreans, to give up something, as well, that's in the chinese interest. and china has feared the troops on the peninsula. not only that but the troop s i ja japan. if there can be a reduction of the troop level, and the removal of totality of the troops by the united states, china would be thrilled to see that langu