After months of diplomatic row characterised by tough talks and brazen threats, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and US President, Donald Trump have shoved aside their ego and will meet in May.
The meeting will secure a deal to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula, a senior South Korean official said after talks at the White House.
“I told President Trump that at our meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he’s committed to denuclearisation,” South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong said after returning from a recent visit to Pyongyang.
“Kim pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests,” he told reporters in an extraordinary appearance on the White House driveway.
“President Trump appreciated the briefing, and said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearisation.”
