Reconciling those views may determine not just the success of any future meeting but whether a summit is feasible.``You could look at this as trash talking in anticipation of the big game,'' said Christopher Hill, the lead U.S. negotiator with North Korea in the George W. Bush administration. ``Frankly speaking, I think it's more serious. ''Trump's letter to Kim on Thursday blamed ``tremendous anger and open hostility'' by Pyongyang for derailing the June 12 meeting in Singapore.Then Trump changed his tune after North Korea's vice foreign minister, Kim Kye Gwan, responded not with more threats but qualified praise of the president and openness for talks. First, Libyan autocrat Moammar Gadhafi was killed following U.S.-supported military action in his country seven years after giving up his nuclear program. Secondly, Libya had surrendered its fledgling program _ far less advanced than North Korea's _ before receiving any benefits.North Korea is looking at a different type of deal.Frank Aum, a former senior Pentagon adviser on North Korea, said it seeks a phased process in which each side takes ``progressive and synchronous'' steps toward denuclearization and peace.

Source: Economic Times May 26, 2018 12:22 UTC