Stephen Biegun, the US Special Representative for North Korea, acknowledged last month that Pyongyang and Washington did not have a "shared agreement of what denuclearisation entails". SEE ALSO :Trump threatens to slash GM subsidiesThe United States has repeatedly demanded the North give up its nuclear arsenal in a final, fully verifiable way. "The ambiguity and obscurity of the term denuclearisation only exacerbates the scepticism about both the US and North Korean commitments to denuclearisation," wrote Shin Gi-wook, director of the Korea Program at Stanford University. But at the same time, North Korea says it has completed the development of its arsenal and the facilities are no longer needed. Officials are scrambling to prepare for the summit, with Biegun and his North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok Chol expected to wrangle over the text of the joint statement until early morning on Wednesday.

Source: Standard Digital February 25, 2019 05:03 UTC