The second, an emergency one in May, helped ensure a historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump came off. Now, at his third summit with Kim next week in Pyongyang, South Korean President Moon Jae-in faces his toughest challenge yet: delivering something substantive that goes beyond previous vague statements on denuclearization and helps get U.S.-North Korea talks back on track. Moon will try to get Kim to express more clearly that he’s prepared to abandon his nuclear weapons, which could create momentum for a second Kim-Trump summit. The differences prompted Trump to cancel Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned visit to North Korea last month. These projects are held back by the sanctions against North Korea.

Source: National Post September 15, 2018 01:07 UTC