Lee Jae-yong is brilliant! As the APEC summit is about to be held, South Korean President Lee Jae-yong has suddenly addressed President Trump! On October 23, according to foreign media reports, Lee Jae-yong said in an interview that it is unlikely for US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. However, if the two leaders have the opportunity to meet, South Korea will warmly welcome and actively support it.

Lee Jae-yong said that my reason for calling on President Trump to play a role as a peacemaker is because I believe he hopes for world peace. It must be said that Lee Jae-yong's call is very clever. From the perspective of South Korea, as long as the leaders of the United States and North Korea can hold a meeting, or South Korea shows the intention of facilitating a meeting between the two leaders, this will actually make the situation on the Korean Peninsula more stable, and not let the peninsula become a focus of confrontation among various parties. This is undoubtedly in line with South Korea's interests.

Lee Jae-yong's call shows North Korea that South Korea is willing to engage in dialogue. For the United States, especially for Trump himself, South Korea is actually passing the ball to Trump, creating a stage for Trump to exert his influence for peace, and even this is adding weight to Trump's chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize next year. Of course, Lee Jae-yong is intentionally passing the ball and promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula.

However, will the meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea take place? This is certainly difficult. After all, North Korea's condition is that the United States should abandon its demand for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and instead recognize it. Such conditions are probably unacceptable to Trump. Nevertheless, from the perspective of South Korea itself, Lee Jae-yong has definitely done his best. After all, there is no better opportunity than the APEC summit to facilitate a meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea at present.

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