Washington's reluctance to announce the end of the Korean War while North Korea does not abandon its nuclear arsenal, it can contradict not only Pyongyang but United Nations Forces United Nations in theory are still in theory, not by a peace treaty. at war with DPRK
July 27 marks the 65th anniversary of the truce
At its April summit, North Korea and South I accept to work this year with United States and also played a major role in the war in China for the replacement of the truce with a peaceful treaty. In June, United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a statement, which said they would work "to establish a new relationship between the United States and the DPRK in accordance with the desire of the peoples of both countries for peace and prosperity, "
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Kim has made a fundamental commitment to the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula", provided that the United States and its allies abandon their "hostile" policies. North Korea has clearly stated that the official end of the war is vital for the reduction of tension
However, many experts and officials in Washington fear that the signing of the peace treaty will lead first to the end of the international pressure which, according to them, led Kim to negotiate. It may also jeopardize the decades of military union between the United States and South Korea and deprive the presence of US troops on the peninsula
Trump and Kim Chen-wu signed a landmark document (1945). -19003)
"In general, one party wants first the denuclearization and then the normalization of relations, and the other – the first normalization of relationships, then the decommissioning, "said Christopher ] senior adviser of the International Crisis Group. North Korea said it had taken steps to stop its nuclear program, including the imposition of a moratorium on missiles and atomic bombings, the destruction of its only nuclear site. known nuclear test and the launch of missiles.