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Joe Biden enlists Seoul to counter Beijing

2021-05-25T12:04:54.066Z


The American president and his South Korean counterpart will build a common technological front. Joe Biden leaves the door ajar for Kim Jong-un. With lip service, the US president said he was ready for a meeting with the North Korean "Supreme Leader", " if the right conditions are met ", considering taking the tortuous path of personal diplomacy inaugurated by Donald Trump , with the pariah state. But the new White House host recalled that he had " no illusions " about the " difficulty " of d


Joe Biden leaves the door ajar for Kim Jong-un.

With lip service, the US president said he was ready for a meeting with the North Korean "Supreme Leader", "

if the right conditions are met

", considering taking the tortuous path of personal diplomacy inaugurated by Donald Trump , with the pariah state.

But the new White House host recalled that he had "

no illusions

" about the "

difficulty

" of denuclearizing North Korea, and he promised that he "

would not give everything he wants. to Kim

», Questioning the sincerity of the young dictator to give up the atomic weapon.

Biden will not follow the Trump method, and will demand tangible progress at the negotiator level first before eventually sitting down with the master of Pyongyang.

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The "

commander in chief

" donned his diplomatic costume on May 22, when he received South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Washington, a staunch supporter of dialogue with his enemy brother from the North, but also a key piece of the

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Source: lefigaro

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