[국제]”Trump Delivers Intentions to North Korea Summit between the United States and North Korea in Late 2017″

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UN Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman said that during his visit to Pyongyang in late 2017, he delivered a secret message from US President Trump to North Korea that he would like to meet with President Kim Jong-un. .

British BBC documentary ‘Trump. Facing the world, ‘he said he delivered this message at the request of President Trump.

Reporter Lee Dong-hun.

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On December 5, 2017, UN Secretary General Jeffrey Feltman visited Pyongyang.

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However, Under Secretary General Feltman said in a BBC broadcast on the 20th local time that he delivered a secret message from former President Trump calling on North Korea to hold a summit in North America.

After North Korea invited Under Secretary General Feltman in September 2017, a few weeks later, UN Secretary General Guterchs visited the White House to discuss the matter.

At this meeting, former President Trump said he had to go to Pyongyang and asked the North to tell the North that it was willing to sit face to face with President Kim Jong-un.

Former President Trump called President Kim’Rocketman ‘and proposed a summit just a month after the heightened war crisis on the Korean peninsula.

Under Secretary General Feltman, who visited Pyongyang, said the message was delivered to Foreign Minister Lee Yong-ho at the time, but said he had not heard a response from President Kim.

But a few months later, President Kim told the South Korean side that he was ready to meet Trump, and security chief Eui-yong Eui flew to the United States to break the news, the BBC reported.

At the time, the White House national security adviser at the time McMaster told the atmosphere that when Trump responded “okay,” he was shocked that he nearly fell out of his chair.

I felt it would be better to put more pressure on North Korea, but added that former President Trump did not hesitate to seize the opportunity of the US-North Korea summit.

The first summit between the United States and North Korea was held in Singapore in June 2018, half a year after the secret message was delivered to North Korea.

This is YTN Dongheon Lee.

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