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Moon Jae-in credits Donald Trump for inter-Korea talks
Source: The Guardian
Moon Jae-in credits Donald Trump for inter-Korea talks
South Korean leader says US-led sanctions and pressure on North Korea helped bring about first meeting in more than two years
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wed 10 Jan ‘18 10.12 GMT
South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has credited Donald Trump for creating the political backdrop to this week’s inter-Korea talks, and echoed the US president’s warning that Pyongyang faced more pressure if it continued to conduct missile and nuclear tests.
Speaking a day after senior North and South Korean officials met for the first time in more than two years, Moon suggested that US-led pressure on North Korea over the past year had helped bring the two sides together.
“I think President Trump deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks, and I want to show my gratitude,” he told reporters in Seoul. “It could be the result of US-led sanctions and pressure.”
Trump had already claimed credit for facilitating the talks – which focused on North Korea’s participation in next month’s Winter Olympics – saying at the weekend: “If I weren’t involved, they wouldn’t be talking about the Olympics right now, they’d be doing no talking.”
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South Korean leader says US-led sanctions and pressure on North Korea helped bring about first meeting in more than two years
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wed 10 Jan ‘18 10.12 GMT
South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has credited Donald Trump for creating the political backdrop to this week’s inter-Korea talks, and echoed the US president’s warning that Pyongyang faced more pressure if it continued to conduct missile and nuclear tests.
Speaking a day after senior North and South Korean officials met for the first time in more than two years, Moon suggested that US-led pressure on North Korea over the past year had helped bring the two sides together.
“I think President Trump deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks, and I want to show my gratitude,” he told reporters in Seoul. “It could be the result of US-led sanctions and pressure.”
Trump had already claimed credit for facilitating the talks – which focused on North Korea’s participation in next month’s Winter Olympics – saying at the weekend: “If I weren’t involved, they wouldn’t be talking about the Olympics right now, they’d be doing no talking.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/moon-jae-in-credits-donald-trump-for-inter-korea-talks
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President Moon is playing Trump like a fiddle.
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I think Moon is a little itsy bitsy bit smarter than fuckwad.
