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Trump Ready to Meet Kim':

'North Korea Will Not Make, Test Nuclear Weapons

TEHRAN (defapress)- US President Donald Trump reiterated Wednesday his readiness to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after the latter said in his New Year address to the nation that he wanted to improve relations with the United States.
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Publish Date: 02January 2019 - 14:44

'North Korea Will Not Make, Test Nuclear Weapons“Kim Jong Un says North Korea will not make or test nuclear weapons, or give them to others - & he is ready to meet President Trump anytime. PBS News Hour. I also look forward to meeting with Chairman Kim who realizes so well that North Korea possesses great economic potential!" Trump tweeted. according to Sputnik.

Kim stated on Tuesday that he was ready to denuclearise the country and continue dialogue with Washington and Seoul to resolve the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Trump and Kim met last year in Singapore. The North Korean leader secured Washington's commitment to suspend US-South Korean drills in exchange for its promise to denuclearise.

The long-standing tensions on the Korean Peninsula started to ease after North Korea expressed its willingness to denuclearise, and held summits with the South Korean and US presidents.

At the summit on April 27, the two Koreas agreed to halt all hostile acts against each other, while during the third meeting in September the sides agreed to suspend artillery drills near the inter-Korean border and remove all guard posts from the demilitarised zone.

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