An invitation that will end up in the history books. North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un has sent a letter to the White House asking for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Which he accepted. The New York tycoon will thus be the first American number one to meet his Pyongyang counterpart after the Korean War in the early XNUMXs.
The letter was hand-delivered by South Korean representatives. In the letter, Kim invited Trump to face-to-face to discuss denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and would pledge to suspend nuclear and missile tests. Trump has said he is available to meet by May.
The news was released in a speech at the White House by South Korea's national security chief, Chung Eui-yong, after a meeting with Trump himself. Chung said he was "optimistic" about a peaceful solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
The timing and place of the meeting are yet to be defined, says the White House, which stresses that it is aiming for a denuclearization of Pyongyang.
Kim "is eager to meet President Trump as soon as possible" and he agreed, responding that he will see him "by May to achieve permanent denuclearization," Chung said, speaking in the White House garden after delivering the letter that the dictator North Korean sent to the US leader proposing face to face.
The billionaire himself had anticipated an hour earlier that there would be an important announcement on North Korea, with an improvised unreleased in the press room of the White House. "President Trump will accept the invitation to meet Kim Jong-un in a place and time to be defined", the White House held back, indicating that in the meantime the sanctions against North Korea will remain in force and the exercises will also continue joint military with Seoul.
