U.S. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un may have thrown some barbs at each other with tensions rising between the two heads of state last year. This year, though, sees an unprecedented meeting between the two in Singapore. It is the first time any current president has met with a North Korean leader with the #singaporesummit ending in a joint statement: “President Trump is committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.†Critics claim that the statement is open ended with debates as to what denuclearisation means for the two countries remaining vague. Self-serving PR exercise or genuine bilateral effort? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, the quotes, tweets and barbs from the two leaders, political pundits and observers are no short of entertaining. Some choice picks below:-
Beatrice Fihn, ICAN (Nobel prize-winning nuclear disarmament group) on semantics.
To be clear, this is better than nuclear war. But we cannot keep nuclear weapons forever (and add new nuclear armed states), because they will eventually be used one day. So, we need actual nuclear disarmament before a bomb goes off. https://t.co/J1ih0Z0Ngw
— Beatrice Fihn (@BeaFihn) June 12, 2018
