The US may be considering the possibility of applying the Nunn-Lugar program to North Korea’s denuclearization in the run up to the US-North Korea summit.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are set to meet in Singapore on June 12, the agenda of which is being negotiated by working-level officials.
The Nunn-Lugar program refers to the Cooperative Threat Reduction program the US implemented in handling weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, of the former Soviet Union.
The program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar Act, was written by former senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar in the early 1990s.
Through the program, the US provided large funding and materials to dismantle weapons of mass destruction produced under the Soviet Union. The US also purchased large amounts of weapons grade nuclear materials reprocessed for power generation.
On Wednesday, US Vice President Mike Pence met with Nunn and Lugar.
Following the meeting, Pence wrote on his Twitter account that he and Trump are “grateful for their counsel on denuclearization prior to the US-North Korea summit in Singapore,” hinting that the model is being looked at by the Trump administration…..
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