President of United States, Donald Trump, this Thursday, pulled out of the planned summit with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un.
As a prelude to the meeting, now botched, North Korea had recently blown up a part of its nuclear test site which was one of the requests made by Trump for the summit to hold.
In a letter to Kim Jong-Un, Trump said “I felt a wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me, and ultimately, it is only that dialogue that matters. Someday I look very much forward to meeting you.”
The US President continued: “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it would be inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.”
According to Trump, the failure of the summit to come to life was a “missed opportunity” and he prayed that someday he and his North Korean counterpart would meet. He added: “Please do not hesitate to call me or write.”
North Korea had, earlier on Thursday, threatened to call off the summit with Trump and even declared that if the need arise the country was ready for war.
Choe Son Hui, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister, had referred to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence as a “political dummy” over his comparison of North Korea with Libya, where its late leader, Muammar Gaddafi gave up his nuclear development programme, only to be later killed by NATO-backed fighters.
The demolition of the Punggye-ri nuclear site was witnessed by a group of international media handpicked by North Korea which, according to Pyonyang, was an evidence of North Korea’s assurance to end nuclear testing.
With the collapse of the anticipated summit, the world now waits with bated breath as to what happens next.
