Trump says he will communicate with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

President Donald J. Trump said he would communicate with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which raises the possibility of reviving the talks. Their romantic diplomacy Five years after the first round of negotiations drew the world’s attention, it did not do much to reduce the increasing nuclear threat posed by Mr. Kim.

“He loved me and agreed with him.” “He is not a religious fanatic. It coincides with being a smart man.”

The comments of Mr. Trump, which were broadcast on Thursday evening, was the first time that he has expressed his intention to reopen diplomacy with Mr. Kim since he took office on Monday. During his first term, Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim made history when they held the first summit between their two countries, which are still technically in war. However, their relationship faded after their high -level meetings failed to make any progress.

It is unclear whether Kim, who was encouraged by a stronger alliance with Russia and the military progress achieved by his country, will respond to the initiatives this time, or how. Analysts say that since Trump has last met Kim five years ago, North Korea’s missile capabilities expanded and could demand a greater price in exchange for making concessions on his nuclear program.

Trump has expressed interest in the North Korean leader during his campaign, saying at some point: “It is good to coexist when someone has a lot of nuclear weapons.” Hours after his inauguration, he also told reporters that Kim was a “nuclear force”, and he has long turned from Washington’s refusal to recognize North Korea.

South Korea officials, USA’s ally An internal political crisis After isolating its leader, it is afraid that Trump’s return will lead to the position of the Korean Peninsula in a volatile diplomatic cycle again.

During his first term, Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim first exchanged personal insults and threats to the nuclear war. Then they shook hands and held three meetings between 2018 and 2019. At some point, Mr. Trump announced on social media that “there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea” and that he “fell in love” Mr. Kim.

However, those talks ended without reaching an agreement on how to reduce North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, or when the United States must reduce the sanctions imposed on the country. Mr. Kim pledged not to enter into a dialogue with Washington again, and doubled his efforts to build and test missiles with nuclear capacity.

Now, South Korean analysts and officials fear that Trump will make a deal with Kim, under which North Korea gives up its long -range missiles, but not all of its nuclear weapons, in exchange for the reduction of sanctions.

The recent statement of Mr. Trump, who described North Korea as a nuclear force that contradicts a long -term agreement between Washington and torrents that North Korea is not accepted in this way.

“We cannot give North Korea the position of nuclear energy,” the South Korean Ministry of Defense said in a statement after Trump’s comment.

Despite Mr. Trump’s attractive comments on Mr. Kim, it was not clear whether the dictator would welcome the idea of ​​renewing the engagement. After the collapse of the first round of the meetings, Kim defended a new “multiple” global system, signed a joint defense agreement with Moscow last year and sent weapons and an estimated 12,000 soldiers to help Russia in its war against Ukraine.

The South Korean army said on Friday that although it incurred heavy losses in the war against Ukraine, North Korea is preparing to send more forces to Russia.

For a long time, China has been the only main barrier between North Korea and the United States -led international efforts to tame the military ambitions of its regime. In exchange for Russia’s aid in its war against Ukraine, Kim has recruited Moscow as another major ally to protect his country from American pressure.

North Korea did not comment on Trump’s election or installation until Wednesday, when the official media published a report of two sentences.

However, the regime fired rockets off its eastern coast in the preceding inauguration. It is preparing to launch more missiles, according to the South Korean army, including long -term ballistic ballistic missiles enough to reach the continental United States, which tend to disturb US defense officials more than others.

North Korea official media reported on Friday that this week, the country’s parliament adopted this year’s budgets that would “ensure the speedy change in national defense capabilities.”

Hong Min, chief analyst at the Korean Institute of National Unity in Seoul, said that Kim is likely to wait until the Labor Party meeting in June or another parliamentary meeting in September to respond to Trump’s offer, said Hong Min, chief analyst at the Korean Institute of National Unity in Seoul.

“It will respond after measuring the seriousness of the Trump administration, its intention and its accounts behind its approach to North Korea,” Hong said.