Tuesday, April 17, 2018

President Trump: Direct Talks With North Korea Have Already Started



Business Insider: Trump says direct talks with North Korea have already started

* President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the US had started talking with North Korea.
* Trump said the talks were happening at "extremely high levels."
* Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to meet later this year.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US had already started speaking with North Korea ahead of a proposed meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year.

"We've also started talking to North Korea directly," Trump said, according to Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg's White House reporter. "We have had direct talks at very high levels, extremely high levels with North Korea."

Trump was speaking to reporters alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

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Update #1: Trump says U.S. has had talks with North Korea at high levels -- Reuters
Update #2: North Korea: Donald Trump confirms high level talks between Washington and Pyongyang -- DW
Update #3: Trump says US and NKorea talking at ‘extremely high levels’ -- AP

WNU Editor: The South Koreans gave a heads-up a week ago that this was happening .... US and North Korea in 'Detailed' Talks on Trump-Kim Meeting, South Says (New York Times).

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