Escalation: Trump Welcomes South Korea's Peacemaker Request
At the U.N. meetings in New York, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said President Lee Jae Myung asked Donald Trump to be “a peacemaker” to bring North Korea to talks and reduce military tensions. He said Trump welcomed the request and expressed willingness to engage with North Korea again.
Cho said Lee would not be “sitting in the driver’s seat,” casting himself as a “pacemaker” and asking Trump to lead. He added that a near-term Trump–Kim meeting “would be fantastic,” and that Seoul wants Trump to use his leadership to pull Pyongyang to the table.
Trump is expected to visit South Korea next month for the APEC summit, with a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping also expected during that trip. Kim Jong Un this week recalled having “good memories” of Trump while rejecting preconditions tied to abandoning nuclear arms.
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