North
Korea has canceled a summit with South Korea and has threatened to
call off a summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
over American military drills with South Korea, according to South
Korean media reports.
Pyongyang
has canceled talks with Seoul due to ongoing Max Thunder military
exercises between the South and the US, Yonhap news agency cited
North Korean media. The drills have been described by the North as a
rehearsal for invasion of the DPRK and a provocation amid warming
inter-Korean ties.
AFP
reported that North Korea has also threatened to scrap the
highly-anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The meeting is scheduled for June 12 in
Singapore.
The news
comes as a blow after the historic talks between the leaders of two
Koreas in April and the meeting between Kim and US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo. Pompeo said Sunday that any deal paving the way for a
nuclear-free Korean peninsula will have to include certain US
safeguards, and reassurance that Kim won’t become a target of yet
another regime change attempt.
Pyongyang
had scheduled the dismantling of its nuclear bomb test site to take
place between May 23-25, North Korean media reported on Saturday.
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