Kim Jong Un agreed to establish relations with the US in exchange for nuclear recognition

On the other hand, Kim shattered any hope of a diplomatic thaw with the neighbor to the south, whom he called “the most hostile entity” and declared that he would permanently remove Seoul from the “category of our countrymen.” According to him, the only way for the South to live safely is to leave Pyongyang alone.

According to a report by the AFP news agency, experts estimate that North Korea is signaling its intention to have direct relations with the United States, bypassing South Korea entirely.

Kim emphasized that his country will focus on increasing its nuclear weapons, following the SIPRI research institute’s estimates from last year, according to which North Korea already has about 50 complex nuclear warheads and fissile material to produce up to 40 more.

These statements come against the background of the publication of Trump’s security road map last year, which conspicuously did not include the denuclearization of North Korea as an official goal, a move that sparked speculation about the renewal of the summits between the two leaders. Kim himself made it clear that the concept of denuclearization “has lost its meaning” and that his country is a nuclear state for all intents and purposes.