President Donald trump said Monday that he is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong enom "under favorable circumstances" to defuse the tension regarding the nuclear program of North Korea.
"If it would be appropriate to meet with him, I'd be absolutely certain it would be my honor to do it," said trump in an interview with Bloomberg News on Monday. No US President has never met with the leader of North Korea in power, and this idea is extremely controversial. Press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer, however, said later Monday that the United States will first need to see changes in the behavior of North Korea before a potential meeting.
Trump's comments about meeting with Kim to arise in recent months tensions between the United States and North Korea, as Pyongyang seeks to advance its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, but Washington has demonstrated strength in the region to deter their use. The US sent a battle group under the leadership of carriers in the region, as well as deployed in South Korea a new missile defense system.
According to Daniel Turnbull, press Secretary of the U.S. Embassy on Thursday in Seoul there has arrived the Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo, who plans to attend an internal meeting with U.S. forces Korea and the Embassy's staff. Despite the key elections in South Korea next week, Pompeo has no plans to meet with anyone from the presidential candidates. The leading candidates promised a new era of relations with Pyongyang.
The nuclear issue of North Korea quickly became one of the main concerns of national security for the administration of trump, repeatedly highlighting the growing urgency of the situation. Trump is focused on finding a diplomatic solution to the North Korean issue is the increasingly close cooperation with China, but also refused to rule out a military solution.
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