The deal trump and Kim Jong-UN resonates in Ukraine

2

Сделка Трампа и Ким Чен Ына резонирует в Украине

By signing the statement of understanding with the North Korean leader, the US President, according to expert opinion, increased its influence in the international arena. This trump secured a split of the “Big seven”, and now the Ukrainian authorities have to choose where to seek support ahead of the elections.

“With the Budapest Memorandum can not compare”

Singapore hosted the first ever meeting between the current US President with the leader of North Korea (the Democratic people’s Republic of Korea). At the summit, Washington pledged to provide the DPRK with security guarantees, but Pyongyang to abandon nuclear weapons. The US President Donald trump and the leader of North Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong UN signed the document “Statement of understanding”.

“President trump has pledged to provide security guarantees to North Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-UN reiterated its firm and unwavering commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”, – stated in the document, the text of which was distributed to journalists.

The analyst Elena Dyachenko noted that this document differs from the Budapest Memorandum in 1995, which promised security to Ukraine in exchange for refusal from nuclear weapons. They say the document trump-Eun stated “warranty” and not “assurance”.

“Unlike the Budapest Memorandum in the text the word guarantee, not assurance, so you can not compare”, – she wrote in Facebook.

Note that the summit was held in a five star hotel Capella resort on Sentosa island in Singapore neutral, which maintains relations with the West and the East.

About 50 minutes the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea talked one on one (with them were only interpreters). Then, had joined the talks the participants of the delegations from the United States Secretary of state Mike Pompeo, national security adviser John Bolton, the President’s chief of staff, John Kelly, and from North Korea – the Deputy head of the workers ‘ party of Korea (WPK), Kim Yong Chol, foreign Minister of the DPRK ri Yong Ho, Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the WPK, Lee soo Yeon.

Official statements following the meeting, was not. In the signed document, paragraph 4:

<ol>

  • The U.S. and the DPRK agree to establish a new relationship between the two countries in accordance with the desire of the peoples for peace and prosperity;
  • USA and North Korea join in the efforts to establish a durable and stable regime of peace on the Korean Peninsula;
  • DPRK confirms the Declaration of peace, prosperity and unification of the Korean Peninsula, signed on 27 April, and is committed to achieving the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. (Declaration of April 27, North Korea and South Korea pledged to sign a peace Treaty, which officially ended the war in the Peninsula – ed.).
  • In addition, the leaders of the United States and the DPRK agreed to search for the remains of American soldiers who died or went missing during the Korean war of 1950-1953.
  • </ol>

    After the summit, Donald trump announced the termination of joint military exercises the US and South Korea. “In the bloody conflict on the Korean Peninsula has killed countless people, including tens of thousands of brave Americans. Until then, it seemed that it would never end, but today we all have hope that this will end soon,” he said.

    Political scientist Sergei Bykov said that the summit strengthened the position of the American President in the international arena. “Trump will be able to get the Nobel Peace prize as a global peacemaker, ended the conflict on the Korean Peninsula,” he said.

    The split among friends of Ukraine

    Sergey Bykov believes that today it is safe to say that trump has already entered into the state’s history as one of the most effective and at the same time, scandalous presidents.

    “He showed the world how the President should defend the interests of their country. The United States demonstrated a new sense of economic pragmatism…trump – one of the first (along with the leader of China) went down this path,” he wrote in Facebook.

    It should be noted that to meet with Kim Jong-UN in Singapore Donald trump came from the resort town of La Malbaie in Quebec, which hosted the summit “the Big seven” (G7) – Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, France and Japan.

    The American President left for a few hours before the official end of the summit, not staying to negotiate on the issue of climate change and the ecology of the oceans. He did not wait for the signing of the joint communiqué.

    In a communiqué the leaders of the “Big seven”, in particular, stated that they do not recognize the annexation of Crimea, support the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. It is emphasized that the G7 countries are committed to assisting Ukraine in the implementation of the reform program. It is noted that sanctions against Russia continue to operate due to the fact that it has not fulfilled its obligations under the Minsk agreements and has not demonstrated respect for the sovereignty of Ukraine.

    “If that will require her actions, we are ready to impose additional restrictive measures to increase the price that Russia pays”, – said in a communique the group of seven.

    At a press conference following the summit, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau said communiqué was signed by all seven leaders. However, Donald trump said that the United States didn’t approved it, given the “false statements” Trudeau and huge tariffs that Canada imposes American goods.

    The summit “the Big seven” was held on the background of the economic differences of the United States with the European Union and Canada, due to the fact that on June 1 came into force the new us import duties on steel and aluminum. But another reason for the discord was the trump statement about the need to bring Russia back into the club of leading countries of the world, turning it again in the “Big eight”.

    Recall that Russia was in the G8 since 1997, and in March 2014, in connection with the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, the Western countries said about the transition to the G7 format without Russia’s participation. In the future, the representatives of the Western countries linked the issue of the resumption of the G8 with the political course of Russia, in particular, the position on the Ukrainian conflict.

    Before the G7 summit in Quebec city, Donald trump said: “Russia should be at the meeting, should be a part of it. You know, like it or not, and it may be politically incorrect, but we have to rule the world, and G7, which was formerly G8, but threw Russia to take Russia back. We need Russia to the negotiating table,” said trump.

    The Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte wrote on Twitter that he agrees with trump. In his opinion, the invitation of Russia will be useful to all the participants of the summit. Previously Conte spoke in favor of the removal of international sanctions.

    Other members of the “Big seven” initiatives trump is not supported, but the Director of the information policy of the centre “Prospect” Pavel Rudyakov stated: “the G7 Format undo”. The expert predicts that Ukraine’s split is fraught with the fact that you have to choose between Europe and America.

     

    LEAVE A REPLY

    Please enter your comment!
    Please enter your name here