Hanoi Summit Gangster like Approach would not work
The two days Hanoi Summit of
US President Donald Trump and
the North Korean President Kim
Jong-un held on 27-28 February
of 2019 ended abruptly and
without a deal.
Two sides gave their own
versions of what happened in the
Summit. The North Korean side
said: “We agreed to dismantle the
plutonium, uranium enrichment
facilities at Yongbyon site….and
demanded the lifting of sanctions
imposed on North Korea since
2016. Trump rejected it and
demanded substantial steps
towards denuclearization.” Donald
Trump said: “They wanted the
sanctions lifted in entirety and we
cannot do it.”
We know US and North Korea
began their negotiation process in
June 2018 after going through a
long period of hostility, tension and
war-like situation. This Summit had
called for a “denuclearization of
Korean peninsula.” However, the
leaders of both Countries had
different perspectives of this call.
For US, it was a call to North Korea
alone. It means the North Korea
must destroy its nuclear weapons
and nuclear facilities and assure
the US to the best of its satisfaction
such weapons no more would be
produced by the North Korea in
future. But, in the view of North
Korea, the call applies to US too
and US too has a responsibility to
keep the Korean peninsula free
from Nuclear weapons and nuclear
threats.
These divergent perspectives
had reflected in the steps to carry
out the spirit of the first summit. US
had initiated no move to normalize
the situation and develop an
atmosphere of mutual confidence
between the two Countries. The
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war-like situation imposed by the
US in Korean peninsula in 1953
still continues. 28000 US armed
forces continue to station in South
Korea. The US officials had
exhibited enough of high-
handedness in their drive to
denuclearize the North Korea.
Even the Hanoi Summit encou-
ntered many obstacles.
So, no miraculous results were
expected from the Hanoi Summit.
The US approach towards
negations with North Korea has two
aspects:
1. In a tweet, Trump sought to
impress that “with complete
denuclearization, North Korea will
rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse.” North Korea would
thrive, and very quickly, if it would
denuclearize.” “The potential is
AWESOME, a great opportunity like
almost none others in history, for
my friend Kim Jong-un.”
2. I don’t want to rush anybody.
I just don’t want testing. As long as
there is no testing, we are happy.”
So, the long term objective of
US is to transform North Korea into
a satellite Country which remains
totally dependent on the imperia-
lists economically, politically and
militarily. Its promises of turning
North Korea into a heaven on earth
or an Economic Powerhouse
can have no meaning other than
this.
J The letter, when said “the way held demonstrations on February
20 demanding review of preca-
rious status of contract teachers.
Several thousands of municipal
employees struck work for 24 hours
protesting dangerous working
conditions.
In Tunisia, secondary school
teachers have been on strike since
October 2018 demanding their
integration into civil service. The
teachers of primary schools are
demanding the same and
protesting deteriorated working
conditions. Fearing the mass
upheaval of workers, the esta-
blishment trade unions cancelled
a general strike call scheduled to
February 8 th . The sregimes in
Nigeria and Sudan are also facing
the same protest demonstrations
from various sections of the
people.
It is the need of the hour that
the people has to raise their
political struggle against the
present regimes with the
perspective of building a socialist
society.
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to generalised peace, quiet and
public security”, has implicit threats
that the strikes and demonstrations
will be met with fierce repression.
Yet the demonstrations
continued
reflecting
the
repudiation of the regime’s
announcement of a supposed
political transition that in fact
preserving both the regime and its
figurehead. Protesters chanted
slogans or held up signs saying
“We wanted elections without
Bouteflika now we have Bouteflika
without elections”, “They tried to
bury us, they didn’t know we were
seeds.” Some slogans also directly
addressed French President
Emmanuel Macron, who has
supported Bouteflika, saying “Take
care of the yellow vests, Macron,
that’s enough for you” or “Get the
wood ready, Macron, there will be
no Algerian gas for you this year”.
Similar waves of strikes and
demonstrations are going on in the
other North African countries. In
Morocco, thousands of teachers
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