Joe Biden Ingin Bertemu Kim Jong Un, Bahas Soal Denuklirisasi

WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.TV - Presiden Amerika Serikat (AS), Joe Biden, menyatakan keinginannya untuk bertemu Pemimpin Korea Utara Kim Jong Un.

Pernyataan tersebut disampaikan Joe Biden dalam konferensi pers ,seusai menerima kunjungan Presiden Korea Selatan Moon Jae In di Washington DC, Amerika Serikat, Jumat (21/5/2021).

Dalam kesempatan yang sama, Presiden Biden menyampaikan keinginannya untuk melakukan denuklirisasi di semenanjung Korea.

Biden menambahkan, dalam rangka untuk mewujudkan hal itu, salah satu cara yang ditempuh melakukan pertemuan dengan Kim Jong Un.

"We'll see if he (North Korean leader Kim Jong Un) made any commitment that I would meet with them and if there was a commitment in which we met. And the commitment has to be that there's discussion about his nuclear arsenal," ungkap Biden

Menurut Biden, rencana pertemuan dengan Korea Utara tersebut digagas oleh Menteri Luar Negeri AS, Antony J Blinken.

"And if it's merely and a means by which how do we de-escalate what they're doing. And so if that was the case, I would not meet unless there was some outline made to my secretary of state and others would have negotiated as to how we would proceed," pungkasnya. 

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