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The meeting of the leaders of the United States and the DPRK, which took place this week in Hanoi, ended earlier than planned: the parties could not agree on something that could be envious-the signing ceremony was canceled. However, in the future, the state will continue the process. This was stated in the press service of the American White House.

“At present, the agreement has not been reached, but the delegations of the two countries are looking forward to the meeting in the future,” quoted the official representative of the American president Sarah Sanders Associated Press .

Not only the ceremony of signing a bilateral agreement was canceled, but also a joint working lunch of Trump and Kim. The last Sanders explained the “change in the schedule”, but the exact reasons were not called.

The Sunday Times, with reference to its own sources, writes that the summit ended ahead of schedule, due to the requirements of the American side, close the secret enterprise to enrich uranium in the DPRK. According to the interlocutors of the publication, Kim Jong -un refused to fulfill Donald Trump’s demand, after which negotiations were interrupted, the US president returned to Washington, and the head of North Korea remained in Vietnam to finish the visit.

At the same time, at a press conference after the summit, the head of the White House called the relationship between the United States and the DPRK “strong”, recognizing, however, that the parties failed to achieve a consensus in key matters-therefore the agreement was not signed.

“North Korea wanted us to completely lift the sanctions, but we cannot do this. They wanted to carry out denuclearization in a number of areas where we wanted, but we could not cancel all the sanctions. We will continue to work and see. I do not want to talk about strengthening sanctions. They are strong. In North Korea there are many wonderful people who still need to live, and this is very important for me, ”the Interfax agency quotes the performance of Trump.

At the same time, the US President said that Kim Jong -un, the position has changed partially.

“He has a certain vision, but this is not exactly our vision, although his vision is closer to ours than it was a year ago. Kim Jong -un is a special person with a special character. I think we have a very close relationship. This time we had options, and this time we decided not to use any of the options. I think that in fact these were two productive days, but sometimes it is necessary to leave, ”Trump added.

Representatives of North Korea denied the statement of the US President that the DPRK leader Kim Jong -un during negotiations proposed to completely cancel the sanctions against the state. This was told at a press conference at the Hanoi Foreign Minister DPRK Lee EN Ho. His statement is published by Interfax .

“We proposed not to cancel all sanctions, but their partial cancellation. If the United States partially cancel the sanctions that interfere with the economies that are not related to defense, as well as the existence of our people, we forever and completely dismantle all enterprises for the production of nuclear materials, ”the minister said, noting that the country was ready to close the nuclear facilities in Yonben and that the DPRK is ready to fulfill five out of 11 UN resolutions.

The Central Telegraph Agency of Korea reports that Kim Jong -un and Donald Trump called the second summit “a good chance” to improve the relations of the two countries and strengthen confidence.

“Although over the past 70 years of hostile relations, a high wall of enmity has arisen, the Supreme Leader and President Trump expressed confidence that they can make an epoch -making improvement in the relations of the DPRK and the USA, provided that they will hold hands tightly and show wisdom and patience,” the Tsak statement said.

Some experts believe that the meeting of the leaders of the two countries is beneficial to the US President in the context of the upcoming campaign for choosing a new American leader. This opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia on International Activities Andrei Klimov.

“It is clear that for Mr. Trump, all this is very important from the point of view of the domestic political life of the United States. He is trying to score points in order to answer his opponents from the Democratic Party and partly from the republican. As far as he has, it is not for us to judge, but he is desperately trying to gain political glasses, including doing what none of his predecessors did for decades, ”said TASS Klimov, emphasizing, however, the importance of direct communication between Trump and Kim Jong -un.

It should be noted that it previously became known that the joint exercises of the United States and South Korea Key Resolve and Foal Eagle will not be held anymore. The DPRK also opposed them. The allies officially reported the cessation of these maneuvers. However, the US military does not leave the Korean peninsula. On Monday, Americans and representatives of South Korea will begin new but less large -scale exercises that will last more than a week - until March 12. , who greatly nervous North Korea and often provoked tension around the Korean Peninsula, went into history. The allies officially announced their termination. Instead of them, maneuvers of a much smaller scale will now be held - Tonshen. They will start tomorrow and will last until March 12.

“On Foal Eagle, up to half a million South Korean soldiers and up to 50 thousand American, as well as aircraft carriers, submarines, strategic bombers, were sometimes mobilized. Now this is the "level of the battalion and below." In one infantry battalion usually 200-500 people or 10 tanks. The reductions are obvious, ”writes Oleg Kiryanov, Seoul Observer of Rossiyskaya Gazeta .