Within minutes of the report being issued, Trump tweeted: "This is very good news for North Korea and the World - big progress! "It's a necessary but not sufficient step in North Korea returning to its past non-proliferation commitments." And Christopher Green of the International Crisis Group added on Twitter: "I don't see how North Korean statement constitutes a step toward denuclearisation. It is a moratorium on testing, but recommits North Korea to nuclear weapons status." The North has long demanded the withdrawal of US troops from the peninsula and an end to its nuclear umbrella over South Korea, something unthinkable in Washington.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2018 04:05 UTC