mobanmarketKim Jong-un is “dancing rings” around Donald Trump and may win new concessions without any meaningful commitments at next week’s Vietnam summit, Britain’s former ambassador to North Korea has warned.
John Everard, who spent two years in Pyongyang, said the meeting between the US and North Korean leaders was “dangerous” because Mr Trump appeared driven by securing a “shiny object” he could tout at home rather than delivering lasting change.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Everard warned against signing a full peace treaty to end the Korean War – one of the possible outcomes of the talks – by saying it would hand Kim a political win while undermining American troops stationed in South…
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