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Trump: North Korea summit could still happen on 12 June

US President Donald Trump has said, his summit with North Korea’s leader could still happen on June 12, despite earlier cancelling the meeting.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, the US president said, we will see what happens. It could even be the 12th and we are talking to them now.

They very much want to do it and we would like to do it. Shortly before the announcement, Trump welcomed North Korea’s willingness to hold talks at any time, describing it as warm and productive.

Trump had blamed the North’s open hostility for the cancellation of his talks with Kim Jong-un. North Korea later said it was willing to talk at any time in any form. Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan said Mr Trump’s cancellation decision was extremely regrettable.

The June 12 summit in Singapore would have been the first time a sitting US president had met a North Korean leader. Just hours before Trump cancelled the summit, North Korea said it had carried out its promise to dismantle tunnels at its only nuclear test site.

Source: AIR