Denuclearization talks with former US officials North Korea "Trump administration strategy failure" Oct. 9 20:03
Over the US and North Korea denuclearization talks, former US government officials say that North Korea has taken the lead in negotiations due to the failure of the Trump administration's strategy, and in order to draw concessions from North Korea, the United States alone Instead, he pointed out that pressure should be restructured in cooperation with Japan and Korea.
Former US Secretary of State Daniel Russell, who negotiated with North Korea in the US Obama administration, responded to an NHK interview in Tokyo on the 9th.
Mr. Russell said, “North Korea will discuss denuclearization, urging the US to make concessions in the US-North Korea practitioner talks reopened for the first time in seven months last week. "The breakdown of the negotiations revealed a fundamental flaw in the Trump administration's strategy."
Mr. Russell argued that President Trump emphasized the outcome of his top negotiations as a problem, "it is based on a fiction that the North Korean problem has been resolved."
On top of that, President Trump was conscious of his own election and said that the subsequent missile launch would not be perceived as a failure by the American people. “Kim Jong-un, who saw this, has his advantage. "I think it is," he says, and analyzes that North Korea has the lead in the negotiations.
Furthermore, over the missile launch, saying that “the US acquiesced broke the cooperation with Japan and South Korea, and China and Russia, working favorably for North Korea,” the failure of the Trump administration's strategy weakened the pressure of the international community If you are.
Mr. Russell says, “North Korea will not respond to negotiations if it does not feel pressure. Cooperation is necessary to apply true pressure.” It should be restructured in cooperation with Japan and Korea, not the United States alone. Pointed out.