Trump says talks with North Korea back on
President Donald Trump says he will hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore
Eight days after cancelling the unprecedented summit, citing Pyongyang’s “open hostility,” Trump welcomed North Korea’s former intelligence chief - currently under punitive U.S. sanctions - to the White House Oval Office, afterward exchanging smiles and handshakes, patting his arm in a friendly gesture.
“Good meeting today. I think it’s a great start,” Trump said after conferring for about 90 minutes with Kim Yong Chol, who became the first North Korean official to visit the White House in 18 years and who the U.S. president called “the second most powerful man in North Korea.”
Trump said he expected an eventual “very positive result” with North Korea but dampened expectations for a breakthrough in Singapore.
Trump said it could take several meetings to reach an agreement, but he was convinced Kim Jong Un is committed to denuclearization. “He’d like to see it happen,” Trump said.
Published: by Radio NewsHub