US President Trump said he would “love to see” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his Asia trip, though there are no known scheduled plans for a meeting.
Trump will be visiting South Korea later this week, where he will join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO summit.
When asked if he would consider extending his trip to facilitate a possible meeting with Kim, Trump suggested he was open the that.
A reporter then asked what the US can offer North Korea as incentive to engage.
“I just have a good relationship with him, I would love to see him.”
The two leaders met during Trump’s first term in office, which saw a series of unprecedented meetings in 2018 and 2019. During one meeting in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, Kim invited Trump to step over the border into North Korea – making him the first sitting US president to enter the highly isolated autocratic nation.
But the talks ended without any breakthrough, and efforts at denuclearization or peace negotiations fizzled out afterward.
