Diplomatic Cross

President Trump on Thursday pulled out of a highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un, accusing the North Koreans of bad faith and lamenting that “this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history.” The president made his announcement in a remarkably personal, at times mournful-sounding letter to Mr. Kim, North Korea’s leader, in which he cited the North’s “tremendous anger and open hostility” in recent public statements as the specific reason for canceling the meeting. Mr. Trump said later that the meeting, which had been scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, could still happen, and North Korea issued a strikingly conciliatory response, saying it hoped Mr. Trump would reconsider. But Mr. Trump also renewed talk of military action against the North and vowed to keep pressing economic sanctions, guaranteeing that for now, at least, his unlikely courtship of Mr. Kim will give way to a more familiar cycle of threats and tension.

President Donald Trump has been under fire from media for his super natural ability of decision making from the very day he got the keys of office. From breaking out of Trans-Pacific Partnership to building wall on Mexican border from decision on transgender troops and now the decision of breaking out of Iran nuclear deal, his life at office is full of such controversial decisions. Other than Saudi Arabia and Israel most of countries rejected US decision of cancelling the Nuclear deal. Many critiques of his decision came up hard on this including former US president Barack Obama who called it as "so misguided" and a "serious mistake".  Former US president Barack Obama on his Facebook page responded to this "There are few issues more important to the security of the US than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That’s why the US negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) i...

  U.S. President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un. (Reuter ) The North’s KCNA news agency separately released the joint statement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in presented on Friday after the first summit in more than a decade between the two Koreas. Kim and Moon had pledged to work for “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula and agreed on a common goal of a “nuclear-free” peninsula. “At the talks both sides had a candid and open-hearted exchange of views on the matters of mutual concern including the issues of improving the north-south relations, ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula,” KCNA said, reporting that the night wrapped up with a dinner with an “amicable atmosphere overflowing with feelings of blood relatives.” A day after the meeting between Kim and Moon produced dramatic imag...

صدر ڈونالڈ ٹرمپ نے کہا ہے کہ اُنھیں توقع ہے کہ شمالی کوریا کے سربراہ کِم جونگ اُن سے ’’بہت  ہی جلد‘‘ ملاقات ہوگی؛ اور کِم کو سراہتے ہوئے کہا کہ وہ ’’کشادہ دل‘‘ اور ’’انتہائی معزز‘‘ شخص ہیں۔ منگل کے روز فرانس کے صدر امانیوئیل مکخواں سے بات چیت کے بعد، ٹرمپ نے کہا کہ ’’ہمیں براہِ راست بتایا گیا ہے کہ وہ جلد سے جلد ملاقات کے خواہشمند ہیں۔ ہم سمجھتے ہیں کہ یہ دنیا کے لیے ایک بڑی بات ہوگی‘‘۔ ٹرمپ نے مزید کہا کہ ’’ہمیں انتظار رہے گا کہ یہ سارا سلسلہ کہاں تک جاتا ہے‘‘۔ اُنھوں نے اس بات کا اعادہ کیا کہ شمالی کوریا کے ساتھ مذاکرات سے اٹھ کھڑے ہوں گے، لیکن زور دے کر کہا کہ ’’ہمارے پاس کچھ خاص کر گزرنے کا ایک موقع ہے‘‘۔ وائٹ ہاؤس کہہ چکا ہے کہ ٹرمپ اور کِم کے مابین مذاکرات کا اصل ہدف جوہری ہتھیاروں کی تخفیف ہی ہوگا۔ اُنھوں نے کہا کہ امریکہ کی جانب سے شمالی کوریا کے خلاف ’’شدید دباؤ‘‘ جاری رہے گا اور تنہا رہ جانے والے اس ملک کے خلاف تعزیرات تب تک نہیں اٹھائی جائیں گی جب تک وہ جوہری ہتھیاروں کی تخفیف کی جانب ٹھوس قدم نہیں بڑھاتا۔ جب اُن سے پوچھا گیا آیا مکمل تخفیف سے اُن کی کیا مر...