President Trump on Tuesday announced a second nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28 as the White House seeks to jump-start moribund negotiations. “As part of a bold new diplomacy, we continue our historic push for peace on the Korean Peninsula,” Trump said. Trump credits his strategy of threats and harsh rhetoric in the first year of his presidency with resetting terms for a negotiation with Kim. He touts their personal relationship and the first summit in Singapore with an extended period without any North Korean nuclear tests or missile launches. Trump’s North Korea envoy plans to meet North Korean officials Wednesday in the capital Pyongyang, with a plan to reboot negotiations over North Korean nuclear weapons ahead of the leaders’ summit.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2019 03:10 UTC