President Trump Has Accepted Kim Jong-un's Invitation To Meet In May -- News Updates March 9, 2018

Daily Mail: Washington in shock after Trump ACCEPTS stunning invitation to meet North Korean despot by May after rogue nation agrees to suspend nuclear and missile tests

* Trump accept Kim Jong-un's invitation to meet in May says a South Korea official
* White House confirmed that talks would take place but did not specify time
* Neither South Korea's Chung nor the White House said where a meeting would take place
* Trump tweeted after announcement that 'great progress being made'
* Kim has promised to freeze nuclear and ballistic missile tests until after talk
* U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham warned Kim on Thursday that 'it will be the end' of him if he tried to take advantage of Trump
* Announcement welcomed by leaders in Russia, China, UK and Australia

President Donald Trump has accepted North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's dramatic offer to meet, the White House has confirmed.

South Korea's national security adviser Chung Eui-yong first announced the face-to-face and claimed it was due to take place by May.

However, a statement from the White House did not confirm the two-month timeframe and said the place and time of the meeting was still being worked out.

Governments around the world welcomed the announcement, with praise coming from the UK, Russia and Australia.

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President Trump Has Accepted Kim Jong-un's Invitation To Meet In May -- News Updates March 9, 2018

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Kim and Trump to meet on North Korean nukes by May -- AFP
Kim Jong-un to meet Trump by May after North Korea invitation -- The Guardian
Donald Trump to meet Kim Jong-un after pledge to halt missile and nuclear tests -- ABC News Online
North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump to meet -- DW
Trump agrees to meet Kim but says ‘sanctions will remain’ until denuclearization deal is reached -- RT
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