U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend a June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“I think it’s probably going to be a very successful, ultimately a successful process,” Trump said outside the White House Friday afternoon.
The meeting will take place in Singapore.
“It’s going to be a process, but the relationships are building and that’s a good thing,” Trump said.
Earlier in the day, Trump met with a top North Korean official who delivered a letter from Kim. The contents of the letter were not immediately known, and Trump confirmed he had not yet read the letter.
Trump classified the meeting as a “getting to know you” meeting.
Kim Yong Chol was greeted at the White House by chief of staff John Kelly and then whisked into the Oval Office. He is the most senior North Korean to visit the White House in 18 years, a highly symbolic sign of easing tensions after fears of war escalated amid North Korean nuclear and missile tests last year.
Trump said the meeting with Kim Yong Chol went longer than expected, and it went “very well.”
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The historic summit between the two leaders has been off to a rocky start, just 10 days ago Trump had said the meeting may not happen.
But now Trump says he believes the North Koreans are committed to denuclearization.
Trump said the U.S. had prepared additional sanctions on the Asian nation but told officials to hold off.
“I look forward to the day when I can take the sanctions off of North Korea,” Trump said.
*with a file from the Associated Press
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