North Korea will face no more conditions for talks: US
The officials of Trump administration said that there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea before the first-ever meeting of the two nations' leaders beyond the North's promise not to resume nuclear testing and missile flights or publicly criticize US-South Korean military exercises. The officials' comments came soon after President Donald Trump's announcement about the meeting with North's Kim Jong-un by May.
White House on conditions imposed on North Korea
Deputy White House spokesman said, "This potential meeting has been agreed to, there are no additional conditions being stipulated, but, again they cannot engage in missile testing, they cannot engage in nuclear testing and they can't publicly object to the US-South Korea planned military exercises."
Summit, chance for Trump to sit and cut a deal
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the North Korea summit would give Trump a chance "to sit down and see if he can cut a deal" with Kim over the North's nuclear program. "The President has been very clear in what the objective is here. And that is to get rid of nuclear weapons on the (Korean) peninsula," Mnuchin said.
Kim agreeing to negotiate, result of pressure from various sources
Officials credited toughened economic sanctions imposed by United Nations, and pushed by the United States, with helping bring Kim to the brink of negotiations. "Our policy is pressure; pressure from our partners and allies around the world, pressure to the United Nations, pressure through China; these have had an impact. It's impacted Kim Jong-un's behavior. It's impacted his conduct," the spokesman said.
