South Korea calls "regrettable" abrupt end of summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un

"We regret that Presidents Trump and Kim Jong-un have not been able to reach a full agreement at this day's summit."said the spokesman of the South Korean government, Kim Eui-kyeom.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met Thursday in Hanoi after their first summit on June 12 in Singapore, but the meeting ended without a final declaration. hours before the scheduled date. In fact, the lunch that was on the bilateral agenda was not made.

Seoul is closely following the negotiations of the neighboring country with which, technically, it is still at war (only an armistice has been signed). In this regard, the Government added that, despite the advanced end of the summit, both parties seem to have achieved "greater progress than in the past".

At a press conference at the end of the meeting, Trump said he had decided to withdraw from the summit because the Pyongyang regime wanted the lifting "full of sanctions". The US president said that in exchange for lifting Kim's sanctions, he had proposed dismantling the Yongbyon nuclear research center, an offer that Washington had refused to accept.

(With EFE information)