Trump says had a ‘long and very good talk’ with S Korean president
US President Donald Trump has said that he had a "long and very good talk" with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and preparations for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were being made.
Trump said on Saturday that details of his potential summit with Kim were being finalized.
"Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea. Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set," he said on Twitter.
Trump said that he also spoken with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "Also spoke to Prime Minister Abe of Japan to inform him of the ongoing negotiations.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the South's President Moon Jae-in signed a joint declaration on Friday agreeing to work for the "complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" following their historic summit.
During their first summit in more than a decade, the two leaders stated that they would seek an agreement to establish "permanent" and "solid" peace on the Korean peninsula.
The landmark declaration also includes pledges to pursue military arms reduction, cease "hostile acts," turn their fortified border into a "peace zone," and seek multilateral talks with other nations, such as the US.
China is North Korea's major ally but it has backed a series of US-led sanctions against Pyongyang over the country’s nuclear and missile programs.
Trump on Friday also said that Americans should be "proud" of the progress being made towards establishing peace on the Korean peninsula.
He hailed the meeting between the two Korean leaders as an end to the Korean War, which ended in 1953 when the two countries signed the ceasefire – the Korean Armistice Agreement.
No peace deal has been signed, meaning the two Koreas remain technically at war. The US was an ally of South Korea during the war.
"After a furious year of missile launches and Nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place. Good things are happening, but only time will tell!" Trump tweeted.
"KOREAN WAR TO END! The United States, and all of its GREAT people, should be very proud of what is now taking place in Korea!" the president added in a second message.
A possible meeting between Kim and Trump is reportedly being planned for sometime in May or June.
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