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Trump says he wants to meet with North Korea's Kim

29 June 2019 11:31 (UTC +04:00)

US President Donald Trump has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to meet him at the fortified area that divides North and South Korea, APA reports citing BBC.

In what Trump described as a spontaneous gesture, he said on Twitter he could "shake Kim's hand and say hello" during his visit to South Korea. North Korea has described it as a "very interesting suggestion".

Following the G20 in Japan, Trump will discuss the flagging North Korea denuclearisation talks in Seoul.

If Trump and Kim were to see each other at the demilitarised zone (DMZ), it would be their third meeting in just over a year, and their first since a summit in Vietnam broke down in February.

D.Trump published in his Twitter: “After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!”