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Communication late yesterday afternoon. Translator i had wanted to meet you again. And especially for both koreas. It is a sign of unfortunate history of the past. So for our two koreas to be able to have this opportunity for me to meet you here is very significant. This means that we can feel at ease and meet each other with positive mindsets. I believe that this will have a positive influence in all of our discussions in the future. Translator a symbol of the separation, but also a reminder of...

The goal is denuclearization. problem is nuclear weapons in north korea. so it has to be, i think if he were to end the war declaration without anything on denuclearization side, i think that would be a serious mistake. >> yeah. and we should note, weve noted this, one reason we have a demilitarized zone for 66 years, since the end of formal hostilities is because the war is not officially over. theres an armistice, but theres not a peace agreement. and that would be the importance of having a f...

Sides. and that, you know, gives really meaningful level of conversation on each side. remember, we did that with beijing as well as hanoi. before going to full diplomatic recognition. second thin thg they could agren is what we call end-of-war declaration. and fen,again, i think thats something they could agree on very favorably. both sides have something to gain. and with some give on both sides with denuclearization and sanctions then you have a viable, what i would call interim deal, that pu...

Discussions to go on as long as they have at this point. have they had any heads up? as we noted earlier, moon jae-in is not in the room. this is a bilateral. that means two. hes been excluded to some degree, at the choice, at the preference, really, of the north korean leader. >> reporter: yeah, thats absolutely right, jim. we did see president moon jae-in. he was outside. he greeted kim as well as trump when they came onto the south korean side of the dmz, there were hand shakes and greetings,...

For kim jong un, to say why he was unhappy with, with hanoi outcome. because he fully expected a deal. so he is going to be to donald trump, that he needs sanctions released. i mean, remember, this is something he had promised to his own people. so i think the burden is really on kim jong un to make the case why his offer, kim jong uns offer merits, merits sanctions relief. and i would imagine, you know, he has been unsuccessful so far. so this is the best chance. so what is likely to come out, ...

That point because they simply got the meeting. thats whats interesting here. theres no question about what the united states wants. the real question, going into this meeting is going to be how much is north korea willing to give? we know for a fact theyre not willing to give exactly what we want. >> because, i mean, the nuclear program in north korea is key to the survival of the regime. >> sure. >>s they h-- thats how its viewed. >> the other is the denuclearization said. one thing the united...

Complete verifiable and irreversible. you can look at other commitments made in the past and didnt live up to as helping to define what that means. for example, in the 1992 joint north/south agreement north korea committed to give up both the front and the back ends of the nuclear fuel cycle. both uranium enrichment. on the denuclearization side it means all aspects. clearly ballistic missile program as with iran with the intention of being a delivery system for nuclear weapons. thats got to go....