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Monday, June 11, 2018
What the US and North Korea Can Learn From Singapore
Back in November 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with then-Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore, the first meeting between Chinese and Taiwanese leaders since the end of China’s civil war in 1949. While Singapore was happy to facilitate the meeting, former head of the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and veteran diplomat, Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan, was quick to remind his many followers on Facebook :“We only provide the venue. Do not ascribe any larger role to us.”
The upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is no different.
Nevertheless, now that Singapore is on the radar, the United States and North Korea could both learn a thing or two from the city-state.
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