{"id":68297,"date":"2018-04-27T20:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T20:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/27\/mattis-north-korea-will-need-to-build-trust-as-peace-agreement-advances\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:39:22","slug":"mattis-north-korea-will-need-to-build-trust-as-peace-agreement-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/04\/27\/mattis-north-korea-will-need-to-build-trust-as-peace-agreement-advances\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis: North Korea will need to build trust as peace agreement advances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis praised the historic peace negotiations between North Korea and South Korea Friday, but stressed that North Korea will still need to earn U.S. and allies\u2019 trust as it works toward denuclearization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will build, through confidence building measures, a degree of trust to go forward. So we\u2019ll see how things go,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cI don\u2019t have a crystal ball. I can tell you we are optimistic right now that there\u2019s opportunity here that we have never enjoyed since 1950.\u201d
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