North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to shut one of the country’s main missile testing and launch sites down if the U.S. takes some reciprocal action, a move aimed at trying to “make the U.S. look unreasonable,” said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
“This was always the danger in POTUS meeting with #KJU,” Rubio tweeted Wednesday. “His goal is to destroy support for intl sanctions. So he offers to denuke in return for unspecified concessions, gets Moon to agree, gets good headlines & will now try to make U.S. look unreasonable.”
Kim signed a pledge Tuesday to permanently close the Tongchang-ri facility “in the presence of experts and from relevant nations” following talks in Pyongyang with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Both leaders also agreed “on a way to achieve denuclearization,” on the Korean peninsula, according to Moon.
Kim didn’t provide further details on what reciprocal actions the U.S. would need to take before North Korea dismantled its facility.
“We agreed to make active efforts to turn the Korean peninsula into the land of peace without nuclear weapons or nuclear threats,” Kim said.
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