Trump's team prepares for direct talks with Kim Jong Un – Reuters – World
During Trump's first presidential term, the leaders of the United States and North Korea met three times.
US President-elect Donald Trump's team is discussing holding direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
This was reported by Reuters with reference to two people familiar with the situation.
Interlocutors of the agency noted that Trump's initial goal could be to restore basic contacts between the United States and North Korea, but future political goals have not yet been determined.
As Reuters recalled, during Trump's first presidential term, the leaders of the United States and North Korea met three times: in Singapore, in Hanoi and on the border between North Korea and South Korea, in the demilitarized zone. At that time, diplomatic efforts did not bring concrete results, despite Trump's assurances that he and the leader of the DPRK “fell in love with each other.”
On Friday, 22…