North Korea confirmed leader Kim Jong Un’s second summit with U. S. President Donald Trump for the first time on Sunday, days ahead of the high-stakes nuclear meeting set to take place in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea confirmed leader Kim Jong Un’s second summit with U. S. President Donald Trump for the first time on Sunday, days ahead of the high-stakes nuclear meeting set to take place in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi.
Kim left Pyongyang by train on Saturday afternoon for the Feb. 27-28 summit accompanied by senior North Korean officials, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said.
The delegation with Kim includes top North Korean officials who took part in last year’s expanded summit talks between Kim and Trump in Singapore, including top envoy to the U. S. Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the central committee of North Korea’s Worker’s Party Ri Su Yong, and foreign minister Ri Yong Ho.
The North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong, who was also seen aiding him in Singapore, is traveling with Kim as well.
Other senior North Korean officials, such as his de facto chief of staff Kim Chang Son and Kim Hyok Chol, negotiations counterpart to U.
