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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said that he is willing to give up his nuclear weapons. Beginning the second day of talks with the US President Donald Trump this morning in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, Kim said he would not be holding a second summit with the US President if he were not willing to denuclearise the Korean state. Kim, however, did not elaborate on what denuclearisation would entail.
Ahead of the meeting, both the leaders expressed hope for progress on improving relations and the key issue of denuclearisation. Trump, in his opening remarks, said that he was in no rush to clinch the deal with North Korea, adding that the right deal is important for him, not the speed.
Yesterday’s meetings between the two leaders were limited to a brief media interaction, one-on-one talks and an informal dinner.
The talks come eight months after their historic summit in Singapore in June last year. The denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and ending international sanctions against Pyongyang are high on the agenda this time.