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A handshake on the deal.
Against the background of a number of high-profile statements by the Western press that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is secretly developing a nuclear missile program, thereby violating the Singapore Declaration and deceiving the world community at large and Donald Trump personally, the author would like to present a detailed answer to the matter in question.
As you may recall,
the joint statement of the leaders of the United States and North Korea consisted of four main parts. The first two were full of noble intentions: the parties "undertake to establish new relations" and "will join efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula". In the third, North Korea confirmed the Panmunjom Declaration of April 27, 2018 and agreed to "work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," without, however, any deadlines, clarifications, and further explanations.
Only the last paragraph contained some specifics: "The United States and North Korea undertake to return the remains of missing prisoners of war, including the immediate return of already
identified persons".
Since the Korean war, about 8 thousand American soldiers have been considered missing. According to the Pentagon,
the remains of about 5,600 U.S. soldiers are still located on North Korean territory. In the period from 1990 to 2005, the DPRK returned the remains of over six hundred American soldiers to the U.S.
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