Emmanuel Macron urges Donald Trump to hold 'tough talks' with North Korea to pave way for denuclearisation

Paris: French president Emmanuel Macron has called for “tough talks” with Pyongyang as he spoke to Donald Trump and hailed plans for a historic meeting between the US and North Korean leaders. [caption id=“attachment_4382459” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of French president Emmanuel Macron.[/caption] “The international community must maintain its unity for tough talks with North Korea to pave the way for a denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula,” Macron’s office quoted him as telling the US president in a telephone call. The move is a high-stakes encounter for both Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, who have traded insults in the past and threatened to wipe out each other out. News of the summit, which South Korean President Moon Jae-in said was “like a miracle”, is the latest step in a quickening detente. North and South Korea exchanged envoys as Pyongyang sent a delegation to the South’s Winter Olympics, which Seoul had dubbed the “Peace Games”. The thaw came after a period of extreme tension between Washington and Pyongyang.