The announcement came days after Trump abruptly cancelled the plan, citing North Korea’s anger and hostility.
President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on track for June 12 in Singapore. The announcement came days after Trump abruptly cancelled the plan, citing North Korea’s anger and hostility.
Trump made the announcement after talks with top North Korea official Kim Yong Chol for more than an hour in the Oval Office on Friday saying it would mark a beginning of several such negotiations with the East Asian country, the Guardian reported.
The first ever meeting between the two leaders has been an objective of the Pyongyang regime for which North Korea suspended nuclear and missile tests.
Trump said he spoke to the envoy about sanctions on the reclusive regime and added though America has hundreds of sanctions, it will not implement them when the talks are going on “so nicely.”
“I look forward to the day I can take the sanctions off North Korea, I don’t even want to use the term maximum pressure anymore,” Trump added.
Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairman of North Korea’s Central Committee, delivered a personal letter from Kim to ease tensions after Trump abruptly called off the meeting for a summit in a letter to him May 24.
Although he said the letter was really nice, he later admitted he had not opened it, reported the Washington Post.
