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Donald Trump says time and place decided for Kim Jong-un summit

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Donald Trump offered his latest teaser on Friday for a historic US summit with North Korea:
D onald Trump offered his latest teaser on Friday for a historic US summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set but he’s not saying when and where.
The White House did, however, announce the details of a separate meeting later this month between Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, as the U. S. administration pushed back on a report that Trump is considering the withdrawal of U. S. forces from the allied nation.
Mr Trump and Mr Moon would meet at the White House on May 22 to « continue their close coordination on developments regarding the Korean Peninsula » following last Friday’s meeting between Mr Moon and Kim Jong-un. They will also discuss the US president’s own upcoming summit with the North Korean leader, a statement said.
Earlier this week, Mr Trump expressed a preference for holding the « big event » with Mr Kim in the demilitarized zone or DMZ between the two Koreas, where Moon and Kim met. He also said Singapore was in contention to host what will be the first summit of between a US and a North Korean leader.
« We now have a date and we have a location. We’ll be announcing it soon, » Mr Trump told reporters on Friday from the White House South Lawn before departing for Dallas. He’s previously said the summit was planned for May or early June.
A meeting with Mr Kim seemed an outlandish possibility just a few months ago when the two leaders were trading threats and insults over North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons. But momentum for diplomacy has built this year as the rival Koreas have patched up ties. In March, Mr Trump unexpectedly accepted an offer of talks from Kim after the North Korean dictator agreed to suspend nuclear and ballistic missile tests and discuss « denuclearization. »
A ccording to South Korea, Mr Kim has said he’d be willing to give up his nukes if the United States commits to a formal end to the Korean War and pledges not to attack the North.

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