A South Korean soldier stands guard before the military demarcation line and North Korea's Panmun Hall in the truce village of Panmunjom
A senior State Department official said the administration's expectation is that the talks will determine whether the two sides are ready for broader negotiations on the North's nuclear program and security issues.
But while the meticulous Obama practiced caution in handling Kim Jong Un, the blustery Trump succumbed to his own penchant for reality TV showmanship, culminating with his shock decision on Thursday to agree to meet with North Korea's leader and become the first sitting United States president to do so. Nearly everywhere, it seems, except North Korea.
"We've accepted the invitation to talk based on them following through on concrete actions on the promises they've made", Sanders said Friday.
In the past, the ultimate success of a summit relied on the diplomatic spade work that the Trump administration disdains. Several experienced career diplomats occupy key positions in the Trump administration's Korea and East Asia offices, but many of them are in an acting capacity while other positions are entirely empty. Unless North Korean leader has had a major change of heart in recent weeks-and there is no evidence that he has-this North Korean interpretation of "denuclearization" should be as unacceptable to the Trump administration as it has been to every previous US administration.
Kim responded by calling Trump a "mentally deranged United States dotard".
The prospect of the first U.S.
As Ivanka took part in various diplomatic meetings, including briefing South Korean President Moon Jae-in, several USA and South Korean media organizations published articles that compared Ivanka and Kim Yo-jung.
North Korea, meanwhile, has over 20 years of experience negotiating with the US and is fully aware of the country's weak points.
Bill Richardson, a former USA ambassador to the United Nations who has negotiated with and traveled to the North, told AFP it was a bold move that is "worth taking" but also a "huge gamble". "That is why other presidents have not done it".
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Sanders said the U.S. has accepted the invitation to talk based on the commitment made by North Korea.
"Look, they've got to follow through on the promises they made", press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during a briefing Friday-raising the possibility that a meeting may never happen-even though the White House had touted it as a major achievement less than 24 hours earlier.
Unless the countries agree to a third-country location, which would likely be South Korea, experts see it as more likely that Trump will fly to Pyongyang.
Clinton's words echo those of veteran diplomat and former USA ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, who warned that negotiating with North Korea was not "reality television".
The sudden shift in direction by Donald Trump-from belligerent taunts to dialogue-triggered concern in Japan that it could be kept away from the table on negotiations on the denuclearization of North Korea.
Prescott says the Trump administration must do all it can to turn this potential opening into an opportunity to advance US interests, not Kim's.
Bill Richardson, Clinton's USA ambassador to the United Nations who has made multiple diplomatic missions to North Korea, called the Trump-Kim summit a gamble. He said the dispatch from that meeting "was the most forward-leaning report that we've had, in terms of Kim Jong Un's not just willingness but his strong desire for talks".
"But we must remain deeply skeptical of North Korea's intentions and under no circumstances should the United States and our allies grant unilateral concessions", Cotton said in a statement. Even observers who credit Trump's hardline stance with setting the stage for talks said they are waiting to see if this time is different.
South Korean officials said earlier this week that Trump had agreed to an invitation from Kim to meet by May. "Pyongyang has to be serious about denuclearisation".
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