Donald Trump thanks Kim Jong-un for ‘solid response’ to his letter cancelling their meeting in biggest clue summit could be back on
DONALD Trump has given his biggest indication yet the proposed summit between the US and North Korea will go ahead.
The 71-year-old Republican president thanked Kim Jong-un in a tweet today, thanking the dictator for a "solid response" to his letter that had called off the original plans to meet on June 12 in Singapore for a summit.
The White House had indicated earlier that the historic meeting could still be on, issuing a statement saying the talks were "expected".
Washington confirmed Mr Trump would meet the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the proposed summit next month.
The statement comes as senior diplomatic officials appear to be continuing in the efforts to clear the way ahead.
North Korea's vice-chairman of the Central Committee Kim Yong-chol as been seen arriving in Beijing on Tuesday and is said to have booked a flight to New York.
South Korean news agency Yonhap has said he is expected to flight to the US for senior level talks after Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State visited.
Mr Trump recently lauded North Korea’s "brilliant potential" to become a "great economic and financial nation one day".
Lavishing praise on Kim Jong-un’s hermit kingdom, the US president tweeted that the North Korean tyrant agreed with him about the country’s bright future.
"I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong-un agrees with me on this. It will happen!" Mr Trump tweeted yesterday afternoon.
The tweet came as US delegation arrived in the North Korea village of Panmunjom.
Speaking of their arrival, Mr Trump tweeted “Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong-un and myself.”
If the summit takes place, it will be the first ever meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting US president.
Mr Trump withdrew from the planned summit last Thursday blaming “tremendous anger and open hostility” from North Korea.
But later he said the US was still talking to North Korea and the meeting could still take place.
Since then, both leaders have been working to get it back on track.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Kim Jong-un on Saturday, following their revolutionary meeting in April.
Mr Moon told reporters that Kim said he is willing to cooperate with President Trump, ending confrontation and working toward peace.
He said Kim had committed to sitting down with Mr Trump and to a “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”.
"What Kim is unclear about is that he has concerns about whether his country can surely trust the United States over its promise to end hostile relations (with North Korea) and provide a security guarantee if they do denuclearisation," Mr Moon said.
"During the South Korea-US summit, President Trump said the US is willing to clearly put an end to hostile relations (between the US and North Korea) and help (the North) achieve economic prosperity if North Korea conducts denuclearisation," he said.
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During the inter-Korean summit on Saturday, the Korean leaders agreed to cooperate with each other and to have their top officials meet again on 1 June.
South Korean officials have said President Moon Jae-in could attend the Trump-Kim summit, which is scheduled to take place on 12 June in Singapore.
The details of the meeting remain unclear, but discussions would mainly focus on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and reducing tensions between the US and North Korea.
The potential summit follows months of war threats and insults between the two leaders.
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