President Donald Trump, who invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him in the Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday, said Kim's government seemed receptive to the idea, but he doesn't know for sure if Kim will accept.
"We'll see," Trump told reporters after wrapping up the G-20 summit Saturday in Osaka, Japan. "I can't tell you exactly. but they did respond very favorably,"
Trump, who travels to Seoul later in the day, had tweeted earlier: "If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!"
The U.S. "repeatedly talks about resumption of dialogue like a parrot without considering any realistic proposal that would fully conform with the interests of both sides," said a statement this week from North Korea's foreign ministry.
Until Trump's tweet, officials had declined to discuss Trump's planned visit to the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea, citing security concerns.
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