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NATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2018 6 A view exchange meeting on anti-terrorism-militancy-drug and child marriage was held at Baliakandi police station of Rajbari district on Saturday. Rajbari Police Super Asma Siddika Mili addressed the meeting as the chief guest while office in-charge of Baliakandi police station, Hasina Begum chaired the occasion. Photo: Mehedi Hasan RHD implements Taka 4,742.73 cr projects in Rajshahi zone RAJSHAHI: The Roads and Highway Department (RHD) has been implementing various infrastructure development schemes involving around Taka 4,742.73 crore in the zone, reports BSS. Works of six important projects were completed at a cost of around Taka 456.24 crore during the last five fiscals till June last contributing a lot towards improving road communication in the zone. Implementation works of another Taka 4,286.49 crore projects are progressing at present, said Abu Rawshan, Additional Chief Engineer of RHD, while talking to BSS on Thursday. Construction works of a 12.50-km Shaheed Monsur Ali road from Pipulbaria to Dhunat via Sonamukhi was completed after spending Taka 67.94 crore. Reconstruction and widening works of a 51.626-km road from Kansat to Vholahat via Rohanpur was also completed at a cost of Taka 31.50 crore. Development works of 24.58-km road including a 263-meter bridge of Naogaon-Badalgachhi-Patnitala, 67.59-kilometer Patnitala- Shapahar-Rohanpur and Godagari- Amnura-Nachole-Parbatipur-Adda roads were implemented at a total cost of around Taka 247.06 crore. Besides, district road development project has been executed with an estimated cost of Taka 109.75 crore in the zone comprising of Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj, Naogaon, Natore, Pabna and Sirajgonj district, Engineer Rawshan added. Currently, implementation works of pavement widening project including median of the Natore town's main road from Harishpur bypass crossing to Banbelghoria bypass crossing is underway with an estimated cost of around Taka 58.33 crore. "We are developing 74-km important regional highways maintaining standard and widening at an estimated cost of around Taka 439 crore," he said adding that finishing works of the unfinished 19.5-km Naogaon-Atrai-Natore highway is progressing at a cost of Taka 201.29 crore. Four-lane and the rest two-lane elevation works of 21.74-km portion of the Nolka-Sirajgonj-Soidabad regional highway is going on involving Taka 264.26 crore. Projects for construction of 266.57-meter Ullapara Railway Overpass in Sirajgonj and 81.97-km one regional and two district highways in Naogaon involving Taka 406.94 crore were already given approval in ECNEC meeting recently. Construction works of 14 bridges and culverts on different regional and national highways are progressing with a total cost of around Taka 17.63 crore under periodic maintenance programme. Apart from, repairing and maintenance works of 152.892-km roads were either completed or nearing completion involving around Taka 1.91 crore under 13 packages of periodic maintenance programme. Roadside tree plantation activities on the improved roads are progressing successfully that will ultimately help reduce carbon emission to a substantial level and that is very important to face the adverse impact of climate change here including its vast Barind tract. Engineer Abu Rawshan said that the implemented projects have started contributing enormously to raising standard of living and the ongoing schemes will supplement the process upon successful completion. Sreepur sadar union Parishad of Magura district announced a Tk 2.9 crore budget for 2018-19 fiscal on Wednesday. Union Parishad Secretary Md. Akidul Islam announced the budged at Sreepur M.C pilot Secondry School hall room while Sreepur sadar union Parishad Chairman Md. Moshiar Rahman chaired the programme. Among others, Sreepur Upazila Awami League President(In-Charge) Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Upazila Muktijoddha Commander Ikram Ali Biswas and Sadar union Awami League President Badiar Rahman Mondol were also present at the occasion. Photo: M.R. Jinnah 'Barshali Dhan' gains popularity among Gaibandha farmers GAIBANDHA: Farming of 'Barshali Dhan', a variety of transplanted Aus paddy (T-Aus), has gained much popularity among farmers of the district in recent years for its desired output, reports BSS. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said after harvesting Boro paddy the land remained totally useless and fallow for three months until the start of T- Aman paddy cultivation. If seedlings of Barshali Dhan are transplanted on the land just after harvesting the Boro paddy in the month of Baishakh, the farmers could harvest it at the end of Bahdra or in the first week of Srabon. In this way, a farmer could get three crops including T-Aman paddy, Boro paddy in a year easily and be economically benefited side by side with achieving food security for his family. The sources said like the previous years the farmers of the district were motivated to cultivate the T-Aus variety on their land this year. And accordingly the farmers cultivated the T-Aus variety on 4800 hectares in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season. The sources said the variety includes BRRI Dhan 28, BRRI Dhan 42, BRRI Dhan 43, BRRI Dhan 48, BR 26, parija, and Qudrat. Abu Bakar Akanda, a farmer of Shantiram village under Sundarganj upazila, said he farmed the T-Aus variety on two bighas of land this year to get additional crop in the gap of the Boro and Aman season. Rashedul Islam, Sundarganj upazila agriculture officer, said if the weather is favorable, the farmers can get 14/15 maunds of paddy from a bigha of land with a nominal cost. Rashedul Islam also said the farming of T-Aus variety has gained much popularity among farmers of Sundarganj uapzila than other upazilas of the district as a total of 2500 hectares of land of the upazila were brought under the farming this season. The seedlings of the T-Aus variety have grown well on the land and taken a greenish look which gives the growers expectation to get desired output against the crop. Deputy director (DD) of DAE AKM Ruhul Amin told BSS that the department set a target to farm the variety on 1682 hectares this year, but the target was exceeded with bringing more 3118 hectares under the farming. 38, including drug traders held in Dinajpur DINAJPUR: Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 38 persons including 16 drug traders from different areas of the district in 12-hour ending at 8am last morning, reports BSS. Law enforcers also seized 118 bottles of Phensidyl during the drives. Police said they were picked up from different areas of the district on different charges. During the drives, Dinajpur Sadar police arrested 10 drug traders, Biral Thana police arrested two persons, Birampur Thana police arrested three drug traders, Kaharole Thana police arrested three persons, Chirirbandar Thana police arrested four persons, Birganj Thana police arrested four persons, Nawabganj Thana police arrested two persons, Phulbari Thana police arrested two persons, Parbatipur Thana police arrested two persons and Bochaganj Thana police arrested three persons. Mango trading gains momentum in Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj RAJSHAHI: Mango trading has started gaining momentum in different markets of Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts with appearing varieties of the seasonal fruit along with rushing buyers from across the country, reports BSS. The markets famous for mango business including Baneswar, Shaheb Bazar, Haragram, Upashahar, Shalbagan, Rajabari, Godagari, Kansat and Rohanpur have got an eye-catching look amidst bumper production. Many of the small-businessmen are seen selling mango on roadsides or vending at localities on rickshaw-vans. Montu Sarker, lease-holder of Baneswar Bazar, said farmers and traders have started harvesting mango after getting instruction from the district administration this year. That's why mangoes are appearing in the big market for the last 10 to 12 days as Gopalbhog and some other indigenous varieties have become ripen naturally. He said at least ten trucks mangoes are being transported to various markets across the country including the capital city Dhaka from here. Like the previous years, people from across the country are coming to Rajshahi and its outskirts especially Baneshawar Bazar to buy quality juicy mangoes. Forman Ali, a wholesale trader, said Gopalbhog mango is being sold at Taka 1,000 to 1,700 per mound according to quality while the native varieties at Taka 600 to 1,200. He also said around 2,500 mound mango is arriving here every day. Mango business will become peak after next seven to eight days when all the improved varieties will be harvested. Besides the market, hat and other growth centre ones, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole. "We are selling 30 mounds of mangoes at Taka 2,000 per mound every day," said Emdadul Haque, a mango trader of Shaheb Bazar. The daily selling rate will hit to 80 to 90 mounds when all the major varieties will come, he added. Centering the marketing of mango, also an important cash crop in the region, a large number of people are involved in various types of works. SM Mustafizur Rahman, Additional Director of Department of Agriculture Extension, said mango was cultivated on 26,150 hectares of land with a production target of 2.44 lakh metric tons in Chapainawabgonj, 12,671 hectares with production target of 1.62 lakh metric tons in Naogaon, 56,021 metric tons production target from 4,823 hectares in Natore district. Salim Uddin Tarafdar, lawmaker of Naogaon-3 constituency (Mohadevpur-Badalgachi) inaugurated fire service and civil defense station as chief guest in Mohadevpur upazila on Saturday. Among others, Ahsanul Kabir, deputy director of Rajshahi division fire service and civil defense, AKM Morshed, deputy assistant director of Naogan fire service and civil defense, Golam Nurani Alal and senior vice president of upazila AL were also present at the occasion. Photo: Shakhawath Hossain Eid shopping gains momentum in Khulna KHULNA: With around two weeks left for the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religions festivals of the Muslims, Khulna city has been caught by Eid shopping fever with modern and traditional shopping malls bustling with shoppers from all strata, reports BSS. All the city markets are seen busy selling their commodities to shoppers. Customers are thronging the shopping centres from morning till midnight. With a rise in the number of buyers, traffic jam in the city's busy market areas and intersections, especially from Picture Palace area to KDA New Market, has become acute. Khulna New market, Dukbanglow intersection Dukbanglow barobazar, Shahid Suhrawardi market, Jalil tower, safe and save meena Bazar, Daulatpur, and Khalishpur, market are crowded with people. The buyers, mostly middle income people, are found moving from shop to shop asking prices of goods. Roadside footpath shops and small shops of lower price market are found more crowded than the big shopping malls. Meanwhile, a large number of makeshift shops have sprung up on the pavements of the city on the occasion of Eid. Prices of different varieties of cloths, particularly cotton, tissue, silk and synthetic, have registered a sharp rise although the shops are almost full of a variety of garments. Most upper class buyers are crowding different big shopping centers, while the low-income group people are also seen purchasing their desired items from the footpath shops in the city. Supply of goods, including foreign brands, in the market is abundant. The goods vary from luxury to household items. Varieties of Indian sarees and three pieces also flooded the shopping centers, especially KDA New Market. Muhammad Hassan, owner of Hassan Cloth Store at Borobazar market, said our store is packed with Eid shoppers. I am pleased for selling well in the last few days. "Indian Saris and Salwar Kamij (Three Piece), which cost between Tk 2500-7500 a piece, are sold 40-50 pieces every day," said Md. Emdad Hossain, owner of 'Pabna Emporium' at KDA New Market.Varieties of Indian Saris, Lehanga and Bangladeshi jamdani, silk and bootik saris which cost Tk 2500-10,000 a piece are sold everyday, he said. Most shopkeepers are seemingly happy with their sale and the profit being earned from the purchaser, he added. Fresh Mind club of Kalapara upazila hosted an Iftar and Doa Mahfil at Muktijoddha Complex on Saturday. Professor Nurbahadur Talukder, president of Fresh Mind club chaired the event. Among others, Kalapara UP chairman Abdul Motaleb Talukder, officer in-charge of Kalapara police station Jahangir Hossain, DGM of Kalapara Palli Bidyut Samity MMA Sayed and AGM Ahsan Habib were also present at the occasion. Photo: Gautam Chandra Haldar
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAy, JUNE 3, 2018 7 Salvator Mundi' buyer named new Saudi Culture Minister Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a number of royal decrees, including naming a young prince who is close to his son and heir as head of a newly established Culture Ministry early Saturday. The new Minister of Culture, Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, was identified last year by the New York Times as the mystery buyer of a $450 million Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus, the most expensive painting ever sold at auction. The Wall Street Journal reported the prince had acted as a proxy for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he purchased the "Salvator Mundi" painting. The Saudi Embassy in Washington said Prince Bader purchased the painting on behalf of the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum in the neighboring United Arab Emirates. Prince Bader is a contemporary of the 32-year-old crown prince and the two attended King Saud University in Riyadh around the same time, according to the New York Times. In 2015, Prince Bader was appointed as chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group, which publishes major Arabic newspapers and which had long been under the control of King Salman's branch of the family. In another decree early Saturday, the king relieved Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Sheikh from his longtime post as head of the Islamic Affairs Ministry. He had served in the post for nearly 20 years until 2014, was replaced for three months and then reappointed in 2015. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Sheikh, another member of the Al Sheikh family, was appointed to succeed him. He previously served as head of Saudi Arabia's morality policy, known as the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. In an interview with the Saudi-run Arab News in 2012, he was quoted as saying he did not support hard-line views on gender mixing. He said it was permissible for unrelated men and women to interact under certain conditions so long as they are not in seclusion. He also supported a decision to allow women to work in lingerie and cosmetic stores, and supports a ban on the marriage of minors. The Al Sheikh family have a long and close history with the ruling Al Saud family. They are descendants of Sheikh Mohammed Ibn Abdul-Wahhab, whose ultraconservative teachings of Islam in the 18th century are widely referred to as "Wahhabism" in his name. Among other key changes, the king named Ahmed bin Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi as minister of labor. He is a well-known Saudi businessman whose billionaire father oversees Al Rajhi Bank and the Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation. In other decrees, King Salman renamed several natural reserves after deceased Saudi clerics and royal family members from the first Saudi state of the early 19th century. He renamed three other reserves after his late father, King Abdulaziz, himself, and his son, the crown prince. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a keynote address at the opening dinner of the 17th IISS Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, held in Singapore, Friday, June 1. Photo: Internet India's Modi urges Indo-Pacific to fight protectionism Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged countries in the Indo- Pacific region to unite against protectionism and cross-border tensions, including those in international waters, for the prosperity of all. Speaking at an annual security conference in Singapore, Modi said the region faces an array of challenges. "We see growing mutual insecurity and rising military expenditure. Internal dislocations turning into external tensions, and new fault lines in trade and competition in the global commerce," he said. "I am increasingly convinced, with each passing day, that the destinies of those of us who live in the region are linked. Today, we are being called to rise above divisions and competition to work together." Modi was the keynote speaker the Shangri-La Dialogue, attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, defense officials and academics from 43 countries. He said India was interested in strengthening its relationships with partners in the region and beyond, including China, Japan and Southeast Asia. Police fire on funeral of Kashmir man killed by soldiers Government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired shotgun pellets and tear gas at hundreds of mourners Saturday during a funeral march for a man killed when he was run over by a paramilitary vehicle during a protest. The angry mourners were marching with the man's body to a graveyard in Srinagar on Saturday when police and soldiers used force to stop them. Police said the marchers were defying a government order that bans assembly of more than four people in the city. Residents said youths from the funeral regrouped in the winding streets of the city's downtown and threw stones at troops while chanting slogans in favor of rebels and demanding an end to Indian rule over disputed region. Fierce clashes broke out in several places in the city. Police later took the custody of the body and allowed only a handful of relatives to take the body for the burial the city's main martyr's graveyard where hundreds of rebels and civilians killed since the start of an anti-India armed rebellion are buried. The man was critically injured Friday and died overnight in a hospital after a paramilitary armored vehicle crushed at least two men during an anti-India protest. Armed police and paramilitary soldiers laid razor wire and steel barricades at roads and enforced a curfew in old parts of Srinagar to restrict participation in the funeral. Authorities cut mobile internet services in Srinagar, and reduced connection speeds in other parts of the Kashmir Valley, a common government practice to prevent anti-India demonstrations from being organized. Friday's incident was the second of its kind in recent weeks. Last month, a young man was killed when a when a police armored vehicle ran over him during clashes with government forces in Srinagar. Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan but claimed by both in its entirety. In recent years, the Indian-controlled portion has seen renewed rebel attacks and repeated public protests against Indian rule. Residents said the armored vehicle in Friday's incident drove wildly into a crowd of anti-India protesters, slamming into a half-dozen people and crushing at least two men beneath its wheels, injuring them critically. An Associated Press photographer captured the horror in a series of photographs of the other injured man, who doctors say is still in critical condition. Indian officials blamed the protesters and said the crowd was trying to drag the soldiers from their vehicle. Police, however, said the incident was a mistake by the nervous driver. "Our interests in the region are vast and our engagement is deep. We are also helping build economic capabilities and improve maritime security for our friends and partners," he shared. ASEAN accounts for over 20 percent of India's overseas investment. Earlier Friday, Modi met Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and called for an "open, fair and transparent" maritime agreement that would make international waters more secure amid increasingly tense territorial disputes in the South China Sea. China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial to global trade. Beijing has rejected accusations it's militarizing the area and has been working with the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reach a code of conduct to avoid frictions. Modi and Lee agreed to step up cooperation in naval defense, cybersecurity and fight against drug trafficking. They formed a working group to link their countries' payment systems and reviewed an economic agreement that has boosted bilateral trade from $9 billion in 2004 to over $18 billion. Lee welcomed India's strengthened relationship with Singapore and the region. "Singapore, as the current chair of ASEAN, will work with India to continue strengthening the regional architecture, and in particular to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership," he said, referring to a proposed free trade agreement between ASEAN and Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand. The Shangri-La Dialogue will tackle issues including terrorism, Myanmar's refugee crisis and security on the Korean Peninsula. Mattis has also sharply criticized what he called Beijing's disregard for international law in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. The Pentagon cited evidence China has deployed anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missile systems and electronic jammers to contested areas in the Spratly Islands, where China has built military installations on manmade islands. In this photo taken Friday, May 25, 2018, UNICEF staffer Jean Claude Nzengu, center, talks with members of an Ebola vaccination team as they prepare to administer the vaccine in an Ebola-affected community in the north-western city of Mbandaka, in Congo. Photo: Internet Nearly 700 get Ebola vaccine in Congo; more cases possible More than 680 people have received Ebola vaccinations in the three health zones where dozens of cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed, Congo's health ministry said. Health experts are pushing to find contacts of those infected, having already located more than 1,000. Nearly 500 people have been vaccinated in Mbandaka, the 1.2 million-population provincial capital of northwest Equateur province, since May 21, the health ministry said late Thursday. More than 110 have been vaccinated in rural Bikoro, where the outbreak began, and 70 in the even more remote Iboko. There have been 37 confirmed Ebola cases, including 12 deaths. There are another 13 probable cases, according to the health ministry. In an Ebola plan released this week Socialist Pedro Sanchez sworn in as Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as Spain's prime minister Sunday, a day after the Socialist leader successfully ousted predecessor Mariano Rajoy who lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. Rajoy was in attendance at the ceremony held in the royal Zarzuela Palace and shook Sanchez's hand after the new leader was sworn in by King Felipe VI before they posed for a photo with the monarch along with the speakers of the lower Congress of Deputies and the Senate. Sanchez toppled Rajoy following a court ruling in a major corruption case involving the conservative leader's Popular Party. Parliament voted 180-169 Friday to replace Rajoy's government with one led by Sanchez. One lawmaker abstained. Spain is the eurozone's No. 4 economy and an influential member of the European Union. Sanchez and his party are staunch supporters of the EU and the shared currency. Sanchez has vowed to fight corruption and help those Spaniards affected by years of public spending cuts under Rajoy's government. He also pledged to hold an election soon, while not setting a date. Sanchez will lead a minority government and will need the support of both the far-left Podemos (We Can) party and the backing of a motley crew of regional parties and Catalan secessionists to get anything done in government. Sanchez has pledged to open talks with the separatist leader of northeastern Catalonia, which is set to recover the large degree of self-rule after chief Quim Torra swears in his Cabinet later on Saturday. The forming of a Catalan government will automatically end the extraordinary takeover by Spain's central powers of the region as part of its crackdown following a failed declaration of independence by Catalonia in October. The 46-year-old Sanchez is Spain's seventh prime minister since the return to democracy following the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in 1975. by the World Health Organization, the U.N. health agency predicted there could be up to 300 cases in the coming months, noting there could be three times as many contacts to chase if the virus spreads in urban, as opposed to rural, areas. Although WHO said "more than half" of newly confirmed Ebola cases had been previously identified, a substantial portion of cases are showing up that were not being monitored, meaning the disease is in some cases spreading unnoticed. WHO also said officials would likely need more triage, isolation and treatment centers, possibly including one in the capital, Kinshasa. It said additional aircraft, helicopters and boats were needed to manage the challenging logistics of the outbreak and that it might ultimately cost $56 million to contain Ebola. The U.N. health agency said that based on an initial assessment of Bikoro, "there is an approximate movement of over 1,000 people per day by river, road and air at major points of entry." It recommended that neighboring countries strengthen their capacity to identify imported cases of Ebola, including by implementing exit screening. WHO said the risk of spread to elsewhere in Africa was high but that the risk of global transmission was low. It added that even though experts had concluded the outbreak conditions do not currently merit being declared a global emergency, the situation would be reevaluated if the epidemic spikes significantly or if there is international spread. Trump, NKorea’s Kim back on for summit After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclearweapons summit he had canceled with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is back on. The June 12 meeting in Singapore, the first between heads of the technically stillwarring nations, is meant to begin the process of ending North Korea's nuclear program, and Trump said he believes Kim is committed to that goal. The announcement puts back on track a high-risk summit that could be a legacy-defining moment for the American leader, who has matched his unconventional deal-making style with the mercurial Kim government. Despite recently envisioning Nobel laurels, Trump worked on Friday to lower expectations for a quick breakthrough. "We're going to deal, and we're going to really start a process," Trump said. He spoke from the South Lawn of the White House after seeing off a senior Kim deputy who spent more than an hour with him in the Oval Office. Much had been made of a letter his visitor was bringing from the North Korean leader, but Trump's comments left it unclear when he had even managed to take a look at it. The president said it was likely that more than a single meeting would be necessary to bring about his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. He said, "I think you're going to have a very positive result in the end, not from one meeting." In the latest sign of hostility cooling down but hopes kept in check, Trump said he had unilaterally put a hold on hundreds of new sanctions against the North, without Kim's government even asking. "I'm not going to put them on until such time as the talks break down," he said. "I don't even want to use the term 'maximum pressure' anymore," Trump added, referencing his preferred term for the punishing U.S. economic sanctions imposed on North Korea in response to its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. But he said he would not remove current sanctions until the North took steps to denuclearize. Trump warmly greeted Kim Yong Chol, the vice chairman of the North Korean ruling party's central committee, in the Oval Office, where a brief encounter meant for the hand delivery of a personal letter from Kim Jong Un became a longer discussion of areas of disagreement between the two countries. After the meeting, Trump posed for photos with Kim Yong Chol outside the Oval Office, and they talked amiably at Kim's black SUV before he was driven away. Trump told reporters he hadn't yet read the letter from the North Korean leader and added with a smile, "I may be in for a big surprise, folks." But minutes earlier, he had described the note as "a very interesting letter," and teased journalists about revealing its contents. Later Friday, deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley confirmed that Trump had read the letter, but he did not reveal its contents. Plans for the meeting in Singapore had been cast into doubt after Trump suddenly announced his withdrawal last week, only to announce a day later that it could still get back on track. White House officials cast the roller-coaster public statements as reflective of efforts by each leader to test the resolve of the other. Trump cited increasingly bellicose statements from the North - and ignored messages about summit logistics - when he announced he was backing out of the summit in a strongly worded letter. He cited "tremendous anger and open hostility" by Pyongyang but also urged Kim Jong Un to call him. By the next day, he was signaling the event could be back on after a conciliatory response from North Korea. Within days, three teams of officials in the U.S., Singapore and the Korean demilitarized zone began meeting on preparations for the summit. Trump has declined to publicly acknowledge whether he's spoken directly with Kim Jong Un ahead of the talks. Kim Yong Chol, whisked to the Oval Office by White House chief of staff John Kelly, is the most senior North Korean to visit in 18 years, a symbolic sign of easing tensions after fears of war escalated amid North Korean nuclear and missile tests last year. Questions remain about what a deal on the North's nuclear weapons would look like. Trump said Friday he believed Kim Jong Un would agree to denuclearization, but the two countries have offered differing visions of what that entails. Despite Kim's apparent eagerness for a summit with Trump, there are many doubts that he would fully relinquish his nuclear arsenal, which he may see as his guarantee of survival. U.S. defense and intelligence officials have repeatedly assessed the North to be on the threshold the capability to strike anywhere in the continental U.S. with a nuclear-tipped missile - a capacity that Trump and other U.S. officials have said they would not tolerate. Defense ministers from Japan and South Korea offered very different views of the North Korean leader at an international security conference in Singapore. Japan's defense chief urged caution in dealing with North Korea, while his South Korean counterpart said there was no reason to question the North Korean leader's sincerity. Trump has promised that he will provide "protections" for Kim and his government in return for giving up the nuclear program. He also indicated that South Korea.
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