Though the critics say that the summit held in Singapore between the US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is lacking in details and unclear on how to achieve the said agenda, the meeting itself is a major step in the direction of peace.
While welcoming the summit, Qatar reaffirmed its stated policy on establishing world peace and resolving political conflicts through dialogue.
At the conclusion of the historic summit which was held on Tuesday, Trump pledged to provide security guarantees to North Korea, while Kim reaffirmed firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
The document said Trump and Kim conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new US-North Korea relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. The two sides also agreed to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level North Korea official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the summit.
Another major announcement by Trump made later at a press meet that he would end war games with South Korea, was a necessary move to stop provocative actions to ease tensions and build confidence.
The Summit discussed three issues: nuclear disarmament, ensuring North Korea’s security and the actions that the parties will take to implement their obligations under their agreement.
The whole world welcomed the great initiative by the two nations. The State of Qatar in its welcoming statement, said that achieving a comprehensive and satisfactory solution for all parties and through dialogue and peaceful means will end decades of the conflict that the citizens of the two Koreas paid its price, and which led to the dispersion of families since the 1950s. It will spread security and tranquility among North Korea’s neighbours.
As Qatar said the comprehensive solution will be a quantum leap and a new achievement in efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons around the world, and perhaps that step is significant for the Middle East, which Qatar fears to become a nuclear racing arena, unless the situation of escalation is contained by activating peaceful means to resolve disputes and differences and to reduce the nuclear ambitions of all parties.
It’s undoubtedly a major beginning towards a peaceful world as Kim said that North Korea had “decided to leave the past behind”, adding that “the world would see a major change.”
It’s true as Kim said: “It was not easy to get here. In the past, old practices and prejudices worked against us and placed many obstacles in our way, but we overcame all of them and we are here today.”
So an open and unprejudiced approach is necessary for all nations to over their differences and embrace peace to achieve a sustainable world.
