South Korea will accept Trump Kim’s deal to freeze the nuclear program as “emergency measurement”

South Korean president said he would accept a deal between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, under which North Korea agrees to freeze the production of its nuclear weapons at the present time, instead of getting rid of them.

Li Jae Meongig told North Korea to produce an additional 15-20 nuclear weapon per year and freezing – as a temporary emergency measure ” – would be” realistic realistic alternative. “

North Korea announced itself a nuclear force in 2022 and pledged not to abandon its weapons.

Previous attempts to negotiate have failed, and Pyongyang has since refused all calls to return to the talks.

“As long as we do not give up the long -term goal of removing the nucleus, I think there are clear benefits for the presence of North Korea, stopping its nuclear and missile development,” said Lee Jay Meongig.

“The question is whether we are continuing in an unetnamist attempts to achieve the ultimate goal (nuclear disarmament) or set more realistic goals and achieve some of them.”

President Lee, who entered his position in June, wants to establish peaceful relations with North Korea and reduce tensions, which erupted under his predecessor Yoon Sok Yol, who was isolated for his attempt to impose martial law last year.

The South Korean leader was voice President Trump wants to resume nuclear talks with KimAnd that collapsed in 2019 during the first period of Trump, after the United States asked the north to dismantle its nuclear facilities.

BBC told me that he believed that the husband could return together, given that “they seem to have a degree of mutual trust.” He added that this could benefit South Korea and contribute to global peace and security.

BBC sat with the South Korean president in his office in Seoul, before his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.

South Korea is currently retaining the chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council, but I will not be extracted on whether the authority fails in South Korea, because both China and Russia have prevented attempts to impose more sanctions on the north on its nuclear program.

“Although it is clear that the United Nations is short when it comes to creating a truly peaceful world, I still think it is doing many important jobs,” he said, adding that the Security Council reform is “not very realistic.”

When asked whether China was now able to have a nuclear weapons program in North Korea, he told me that it was impossible to know, “but based on his current knowledge, this was not his understanding.

Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed a military procession in Beijing alongside Russia Vladimir Putin, and unlike previous meetings, China did not publicly mention publicly. Northern weapons in the north or nuclear disarmament.

Li told me that the flourishing relations between Beijing, Moscow and Pyongyang, offered in the procession of China, put South Korea in a “very difficult situation.”

He said: “The vision of China, Russia and North Korea is very close to us,” adding that it is likely to respond by continuing to work closely with the United States and Japan.

Historically, South Korea balanced its relations between the United States – its military ally – and China – which depends on it in many of its trade – but this rope has become more difficult to walk.

He told me recently that he will stand with the United States in the new world -emerging world order, but talking to him, clearly that he wants to avoid creating enemies in this process.

This once is born, the leader of the militant opposition, now displays himself as medium. He carefully chooses his words and attitudes, as he tries to move brilliantly in the place of South Korea in a changing world.

“The world is divided into two camps, and South Korea is placed on the border,” he said, referring to his country’s location next to China and Russia.

“This situation has become increasingly difficult. But these camps cannot completely close their doors, so that we can put ourselves somewhere in the middle.”

I was keen not to ignore a future relationship with Russia, which formulated a military partnership with North Korea during the Ukraine war – where he sent it food, oil and vast amounts of money for weapons and forces.

“It is clear that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine must be convicted, and that the war must end as soon as possible,” he said.

“But relations between countries are not clear, and we find ways of cooperation wherever possible and we strive to coexist in peace.”

Warning is understood. The risk of relying on the United States was not more clear, as America’s friends and enemies fell into the ongoing trade war of Trump.

I managed to successfully Reducing definitions on South Korea to 15 %During a recent trip to the White House, it seemed the magic of the president.

But after two weeks, American immigration officials detained hundreds of Korean workers Those who were building a car battery factory in Georgia – part of South Korea’s commitment to transfer manufacturing to the United States, with hundreds of billions of dollars invested there. A government of Lee was able to secure the launch of workers a week later.

“As a president, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the harsh treatment of our citizens,” he said, describing the incident as “shocking.” He added that Korean companies are likely to be “more frequency in investing in the United States.”

But Lee said he believed he could use the accident to strengthen Seoul’s relationship with Washington.

“There is a Korean example says,” After the rain, the earth’s stiffness. “

At home, he heads me as a stable country, vibrating months of political turmoil, after his former president tried to organize a military acquisition. Yun, who is now facing life in prison, tensions with North Korea.

He tried to justify his failed attempt in martial law by demanding that the country’s institutions have been hacked by Pyongyang supporters.

Now, he tells me that he is trying to do what he can to fix confidence with the north. After moving from his post, the government was arrested in Seoul Radio broadcasts moved to North Korea.

These broadcasts were known to anger Kim Jong Un, but it was one of the few ways in which the North Korean people, who are increasingly isolated, could receive information from outside the country. This step was criticized by human rights organizations.

He told me when he was asked to justify his decision: “We judge that (this broadcast) has almost no practical effect.” He said that any benefits were not sufficient to excel the cost of systematic system.

“What matters is to restore confidence between the north and the south, especially since the government’s recent position towards North Korea was very hostile. We believe that these measures will help to make North Korea return to the talks.”

The North has so far rejected the gestures of me, describing it as a “illusion” and “daydreaming”.

But I am not naive. He knows that Donald Trump is the most likely peaceful way of peace on the peninsula, and that this path must be re -drawn.

He eager to portray himself as pragmatic, as he understands, unlike others before, that North Korea’s nuclear weapons cannot be negotiated – at least not at the present time.