Trump enters North Korea with a historic first step

Trump enters North Korea with a historic first step

Panmunjom: Donald Trump stepped on the lands of North Korea on Sunday. He met Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un in the demilitarized zone of the peninsula. This is a symbolic diplomatic event and the first time for any president of the United States.

After shaking hands with Kim in a place where the two countries and their allies fought each other during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953, Trump took some steps before entering Korean territory.

Then the two went to the territory of Seoul, the route to suspend the photographer, the president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, joined them.


"This is a wonderful day for the world, and I am honored to be here," said Trump. "A lot of great things are happening."

After Trump's invitation to Twitter on Saturday, the demilitarized zone held an impromptu meeting, and Pyongyang and Washington negotiated a stalemate in North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

Trump said earlier that the two men "just shake hands and wave because we have not seen each other since Vietnam."

His first summit held a major publicity campaign in Singapore last year, but he made a vague promise of denuclearization. The second meeting in Vietnam in February aimed to separate the bones from these bones. Dissolved without agreement.

Since then, the two sides have had little contact, Pyongyang has often criticized the position of the US. But the two leaders exchanged a series of letters, and Trump turned to Twitter on Saturday to present his proposal.

"If Kim from North Korea sees this, I will meet him at the border / DMZ just to shake his hand and wave (?)," He wrote in Osaka, Japan, where he attended the G20 summit and then flew. Seoul

A few hours after Trump's tweet, the official website of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui as saying that the proposal was a "very interesting advice".

Last year, when the young leader invited the president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, to cross the military dividing line dividing North Korea, Trump's entry into North Korea was a dramatic re-creation of this scene in particular.

After missiles and nuclear tests and mutual insults, after the increase in tension in 2017, the Moon: last year's Olympic Winter Games seized the process between Pyongyang and Washington and will travel with Trump to the demilitarized zone.

"The leaders of the United States and North Korea will hold a peaceful handshake for the first time in Panmunjom, this is a symbol of division," the moon said, referring to the "temple village" in the demilitarized zone.

'Balun has no land of men'

But analysts are divided over the potential impact of the conference that attracts headlines about possible problems.

The demilitarized zone four kilometers wide (2.5 miles), which is 250 kilometers long, is the front line of the Korean War at the end of a ceasefire instead of a peace treaty and is known as the last cold war front of the world.

John Delury, of Yonsei University in Seoul, said that the unhealed wounds in the "poor and uninhabited lands, which reflect the division after World War II, the Korean War and the hatred of 70 years" will help to improve the relations.

"It's not just denuclearization, it's not just a deal, it's important," he said. "If Trump and Kim meet and can announce a temporary agreement, it would be great, if they meet, then it does not matter, if they do not meet, then Trump asks."

But Joshua Pollak, of the Middlebury International Institute, expressed his doubts about his possible achievements.

The Hanoi meeting failed due to North Korea's six nuclear tests and the launching of missiles that could reach the entire continent, and they were willing to surrender in exchange for a mitigating economy that weakened the economy.

Clarke from Poland said: "A film that is not on the agenda and produced for television will not eliminate the exaggerated expectations and the disappointment of a year."

He added that what is needed is "not just a one page letter and another handshake".

Although Trump's helicopter was forced to turn into heavy fog in 2017, the demilitarized zone has been the usual site of the US president. UU To the south, although Trump's helicopters were forced to return in the fog, and Panmunjom saw it last year. The first two peaks between the moon and Kim.