朝鮮稱計劃於2021年初實現無核化
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is aiming to denuclearize the Korean peninsula by the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in early 2021, prompting thanks from the American leader.
Talks to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal have stalled recently, with Trump last month ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to not return to North Korea for more discussions.
But Trump welcomed Kim's statement Thursday, writing on Twitter, "Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims 'unwavering faith in President Trump.' Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!"
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency issued a statement saying it is Kim Jong Un's "will to completely remove the danger of armed conflict and horror of war from the Korean peninsula and turn it into the cradle of peace without nuclear weapons and free from nuclear threat."
North and South Korea said they would hold their third summit in Pyongyang from September 18 to 20.
The previous two Korean summits were held in Panmunjon, the truce village in the border zone that separates the autocratic North from the democratic South.
During a meeting with his aides later Thursday, Moon said he had high expectations that his next summit with Kim would accelerate talks between the U.S. and North Korea, leading to the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
During their first summit in April, Moon and Kim agreed to seek a formal end to 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with a truce rather than a peace treaty, leaving the sides in a technical state of war. But Washington is demanding that Pyongyang completely abandon its nuclear weapons program ahead of any formal peace deal, while North Korea wants the United States to remove all its troops from the Korean Peninsula.朝鮮領導人金正恩表示，他的目標是在2021年初美國總統特朗普的第一個任期結束時實現朝鮮半島無核化，特朗普對此表示感謝。
平壤的去核談判最近停滯不前。特朗普總統上個月取消了國務卿蓬佩奧計劃返回朝鮮進行更多談判的行程。
特朗普總統週四在推特上對金正恩的聲明表示謝意，他的推文寫道，“朝鮮（領導人）金正恩聲明‘對特朗普總統的信心堅定不移’，謝謝金主席。我們會一起完成這個目標！”
朝鮮官方的朝中社發表聲明稱，金正恩有意願“徹底消除朝鮮半島武裝衝突和戰爭恐怖的危險，並將其變爲沒有核武器，不受核威脅的和平的搖籃”。
南北雙方還表示，兩國領導人將於9月18日至20日在平壤舉行第三次峯會。
韓國總統文在寅週四晚些時候與助手開會時表示，他對這次與金正恩的會談將有助於美朝加速對話從而實現半島完全無核化抱有很高期望。
在今年4月的第一次朝韓峯會期間，文在寅和金正恩同意尋求正式結束1950至1953的朝鮮戰爭。那場戰爭是以停戰協議而不是和平條約結束，理論上南北雙方仍處於戰爭狀態。但是華盛頓要求平壤在簽署任何正式和平協議之前完全放棄其核武計劃，而朝鮮則希望美國從半島撤軍。
