'He very much wants to': Trump on possible encounter with Kim
Kin Jong Un and Trump
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Kim Jong-un "very much wants" to meet him, a day after inviting the North Korean leader for a handshake in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that divides the peninsula, reported news agency AFP.
"We'll see. He very much wants to. We are trying to work it out," Trump reportedly told reporters about a possible third face-to-face meeting between the pair after summits in Singapore and Hanoi.
"It will be very short but that's OK. A handshake means a lot," he added, with the encounter expected to last only a matter of minutes if Kim accepts the invitation.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in would accompany him to the DMZ, he told business leaders.
Trump said on Saturday he would like to meet with North Korean leader this weekend at DMZ on the border of North and South Korea. Trump is due at the DMZ.
"While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!" Trump said on Twitter on Saturday.
Negotiations between US and North Korea have stalled since a second summit in Vietnam in February collapsed as the two sides failed to narrow differences between US calls for denuclearization and North Korean demands for sanctions relief.
(With inputs from AFP)