According to local media reports, US intelligence agencies claim that North Korea is attempting to conceal some of its nuclear arsenal r, but Washington said on Sunday that he would not sin "naïve" in negotiations with Pyongyang .
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The NBC and the Washington Post reported this weekend, both citing government sources, that the Kim Jong Un regime took steps to continue to hide secret nuclear sites, even after the June 12 summit in Singapore in which the North Korean leader and the US president, Donald Trump pledged to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
According to NBC, the enriched uranium production regime has increased in recent months, in parallel with the contacts that led to the historic meeting between the two leaders.
According to reports, US intelligence has obtained clues leading to Kim's firm intention to retain part of its nuclear reserve
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The White House has not officially commented on this information. But National Security Advisor John Bolton did not deny it during an interview Sunday.
"I'm just going to say this: we use all our abilities to understand what North Korea does," he told Fox News. Those involved in these negotiations are naive. The president said he would not repeat the mistakes of previous administrations, he added.
This sentence may be alluding to the agreements negotiated by the governments of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush with North Korea in the 1990s and 2000s. They have never prevented the Asian country from developing its nuclear program.
In a recorded interview before the publication of this information and published on Sunday, Trump renewed his confidence in the process.
"I made a deal with him, I really think he's serious," said the North Korean leader's chairman in the Fox News interview. "I think they want to do it, we have very good chemistry," he added in reference to a denuclearization agreement.
"Unmistakable proof"
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The Singapore summit succeeded in easing tensions not only between the two countries, but also in the region, as evidenced by Japan's recent decision to reduce its level of defense against possible North Korean missiles .
according to the newspaper Asahi Shimbun Sunday, did not deploy any ships equipped with Aegis missile systems in the Sea of Japan. The country has also suspended its public evacuation drills against possible North Korean missiles
but Kim-Trump's handshake has not resulted in a schedule or specific conditions. for the dismantling of the North Korean nuclear arsenal. NBC reported that North Korea had the intention "to obtain any concession" from the United States instead of abandoning its atomic weapons.
There Is No Evidence That (North Koreans) Reduce Their Reserves or Stop Their Reserves According to a US official quoted by NBC, "there is absolutely indisputable evidence that they are trying to deceive states United States, "the source added, although North Korea has ceased nuclear and ballistic missile testing since
North Korea's main nuclear center is Yongbyon.
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The North Korean 38 North study's reference site announced a few days ago, from satellite images, that Pyongyang was continuing its operations in its enrichment plant and was improving the research center.
However, 38 North warns, this work "should not be seen" in relation to "the North Korean promise of denuclearization". According to the media, it is possible that the nuclear equipment "is doing ordinary while waiting for specific orders from Pyongyang".
North Korea blew up Punggye-ri, its only nuclear test site, in late May. atomic tests, in a gesture of goodwill before the summit with the United States
The next high-level meeting will be held between the North Korean leader and the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo
" There is a lot of work here and My team is already working on it and I will return soon to Pyongyang, "said Pompeo recently.
