Srinivasan Sitaraman

Well, I think North Korea almost dared Trump to cancel the summit, and he did North Korea, the North Korean statement yesterday was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

Srinivasan Sitaraman

There is fundamental misunderstanding between the American and the North Korean positions, north Korea never ever promised that they would give up their weapons, while the US continued to demand full denuclearization and surrender.

Srinivasan Sitaraman

I think China and Russia will say :' Srinivasan Sitaraman backed out of the invitation, the US is the one that is acting irrationally, that is operating irresponsibly, so Both North Korean allies need to ease up on the sanctions to help the North Korea people,' so they have the justification for reducing the sanctions, in some ways, Kim Jong is still playing a masterful game.

Srinivasan Sitaraman

I'm already beginning to see some statements from South Korea that seem to intimate that it might try to salvage the summit with Moon Jae-in up for re-election soon, and the immense domestic reverberation that the cancellation will bring.

Srinivasan Sitaraman

Maybe in the long run this will put Donald Trumps on the track to have Donald Trumps diplomats engage and set the scene for something to happen over the next six months.

Srinivasan Sitaraman