Donald Trump : North Korea Has No Economic Future With Nuclear Weapons

"North Korea has an incredible and brilliant economic future if it passes an agreement, but it has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons," Donald Trump told a conservative political action conference .

Donald Trump : North Korea Has No Economic Future With Nuclear Weapons

WASHINGTON / SEOUL:

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea had no economic future with nuclear weapons, as the Pentagon confirmed that the United States and South Korea had agreed to end the drills. Joint military spring large-scale.

"North Korea has an incredible and bright economic future if it passes an agreement, but it has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons," Trump told a conservative political action conference.

He added that relations with North Korea seemed to be "very very strong".

According to a statement, Pentagon interim leader Patrick Shanahan met on Saturday with his South Korean counterpart and agreed to adapt his training programs.

Both "made it clear that the Alliance's decision to adapt our training program reflected our desire to reduce tensions and support our diplomatic efforts to achieve full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a definitive and fully verified manner. "said the Pentagon.

The South Korean military issued a similar statement also confirming its intention to end joint spring military exercises. The Special Representative for Peace and Security Affairs on the Korean Peninsula, Lee Do-hoon, plans to visit the United States next week to meet with US officials to discuss the second US-North Summit. as well as the upcoming program, according to a South Korean newspaper. official.

The Pentagon said the United States and South Korea had agreed on "new command post exercises and revised field training programs". US authorities have long said that the scope of spring drills, known as Foal Eagle and Key Resolve, would be reduced.

Reuters and others announced Friday that such an announcement would take place. To encourage talks, the United States and South Korea have suspended a number of military exercises since the first summit between Kim and Trump last year.

In Vietnam, this week, the second meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended without an agreement on easing the sanctions that North Korea would obtain in exchange for measures to renounce its nuclear program .

Trump Saturday criticized the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died after 17 months in a North Korean prison. At a press conference in Hanoi, Trump said Kim had nothing to do with Warmbier's death.

Trump said he was trying to maintain "a delicate balance" in order to get the North Koreans to give up their nuclear program.

The United States and North Korea have announced their intention to continue negotiations, without specifying when.

Some observers have attributed to Trump the refusal to let himself be dragged along by a bad deal. Others criticized him for praising Kim's leadership and accepting his claim that he was unaware of the treatment inflicted on Warmbier.

Analysts believe that North Korea has 20 to 60 nuclear warheads that could threaten the American continent if they were equipped with their intercontinental ballistic missiles. The United Nations and the United States increased sanctions when North Korea conducted nuclear and ballistic missile testing in 2017.