SEOUL, January 21 . A meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unlikely to happen in the near future. This opinion was expressed in an interview with a correspondent by the Director of the Korea Eurasian Policy Institute, Seo Dong-ju.

“It is a fact that President Trump is very concerned about North Korea and Kim Jong-un. However, US-North Korea relations are not on the list of US foreign policy priorities, so it is difficult to immediately organize a US-North Korea summit. ”, said the expert. On January 20, Trump called North Korea a “nuclear power” and suggested that the leader of the people's republic would be glad to see him back in the White House.

Speaking about the relationship between the United States and China, Seo Dong-ju said that the competition between these countries will become even more serious and friction will become greater under the Joe Biden administration.

In South Korea, Trump's comments on North Korea sparked a new wave of discussion about the possibility of shifting US policy towards the Korean Peninsula from a desire for complete denuclearization to arms control negotiations. tensions with Pyongyang, once again raising questions about the need for development. nuclear weapons in Korea itself.