UPDATED: North Korean leader has invited Trump to a meeting, U.S. officials say

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post


By Washington Post Staff March 8 at 7:06 PM

North Koreas Kim Jong Un has asked President Trump for talks, an invitation delivered by South Koreas national security adviser, according to U.S. officials.

After a year in which North Korea fired intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching all of the United States and tested what is widely thought to have been a hydrogen bomb, any break in the tensions between the two countries would likely be welcomed around the world. There has never been a face-to-face meeting, or even a phone call, between the sitting leaders of the two countries.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

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UPDATE:

By Anna Fifield March 8 at 7:20 PM

TOKYO North Koreas belligerent leader, Kim Jong Un, has asked President Trump for talks and Trump has agreed to meet him by May, South Koreas national security adviser said at the White House Thursday after delivering the invitation to the American president.

Kim has also committed to stopping nuclear and missile testing, even during joint military drills in South Korea next month, Chung Eui-yong told reporters in Washington.

After a year in which North Korea fired inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching all of the United States and tested what is widely thought to have been a hydrogen bomb, such a moratorium would be welcomed by the U.S. and the world.

Kim Jong Un expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible, Chung said. President Trump said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May. Chung did not provide any information on where the meeting would be. In Seoul, the presidential Blue House clarified that the meeting would occur by the end of May.

Chung led the South Korean delegation to North Korea earlier this week, where he had a cordial four-hour dinner with the reclusive Kim. During the meetings in Pyongyang, Kim and his senior cadres expressed a willingness to hold talks with the U.S. and was prepared to discuss denuclearization and normalizing relations.

During the meetings, Kim made it clear that it would not resume provocations while engaged in those talks, Chung said Tuesday upon returning to Seoul.

Chung and Suh Hoon, the head of South Koreas intelligence agency who was also at the dinner in Pyongyang, arrived in Washington Thursday to brief Trump and his senior officials on the meetings.

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