Former diplomat reveals failed efforts for U.S.-N Korea summit in 2000

Against the backdrop of increasing expectation for diplomatic progress through upcoming summits between South and North Korea as well as the United States and North Korea, a former U.S. veteran diplomat revealed failed efforts to realize a U.S.-North summit in 2000, during a recent interview with Kyodo News.He also stressed the extreme difficulty of implementing an agreement with North Korea for the entire denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."The North Koreans caused a tremendous amount of difficulty in implementing the Agreed Framework, (even though) we agreed to set up diplomatic lia…READ FULL ARTICLE