Trump Thanks North Korea For 'Gracious' Pledge To Destroy Nuclear Site
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: US President Donald Trump on Saturday thanked North Korea after it pledged to destroy its nuclear test site ahead of his summit meeting with Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
"North Korea has announced that they will dismantle Nuclear Test Site this month, ahead of the big Summit Meeting on June 12th," he tweeted.
"Thank you, a very smart and gracious gesture!"
Dialogue brokered by Seoul has seen US-North Korea relations go from trading personal insults and threats of war last year to a summit between Kim and President Donald Trump due in Singapore on June 12.
But sceptics warn that Pyongyang has yet to make any public commitment to give up its arsenal, which includes missiles capable of reaching the United States.
Washington is seeking the "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" of the North and stresses that verification will be key.
Punggye-ri has hosted all six of the North's nuclear tests, the latest and by far the most powerful in September last year, which Pyongyang said was an H-bomb.
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Source:https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-thanks-north-korea-for-gracious-pledge-to-destroy-nuclear-site-1851363
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