US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are likely to meet in Singapore next month. Mr Trump had said at the weekend that the two sides had settled on a date and location for the summit, the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. A South Korean daily quoting diplomatic sources today reported that the landmark summit will take place in mid-June.
The report said the possibility of Singapore hosting the landmark meeting had increased greatly, after a decision by Trump to host South Korean president Moon Jae-in at the White House later this month.
Mr Trump had earlier suggested that the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas, the site of a recent summit between Kim and Moon, could also be an appropriate venue for his meeting with the North’s leader.
Meanwhile, Pyongyang has warned Washington not to misread North Korea’s overtures of peace as a sign of weakness. A Foreign Ministry spokesman told the state media yesterday that the U.S. is deliberately provoking North Korea at the time when the situation on the Korean Peninsula is moving toward peace and reconciliation.
The official was referring to the U.S. claims that Trump’s policy of maximum political pressure and sanctions are what drove the North to the negotiating table. The criticism comes after last month’s historic meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Source: AIR