
North Korea has confirmed that they will holdtalks ondenuclearisation of the Korean peninsula when Kim Jong-un meets President Trump, US officials said on Saturday.
"The US has confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula,"an administration official said.
This is the first time North Korea has officially confirmed that they will discuss this option after holding secret talks in which Pyongyang directly delivered the message of its willingness to hold the summit, the official told Reuters.
No venue for the talks between Trump and the North Korean leader has been set.
South Korean emissaries, in a visit to the White House last month, had presented Kim's invitation to meet with Trump, who quickly agreed.
Until now, Washington had relied on South Korea’s assurance of Kim’s intentions. South Korean envoys visited Washington last month to convey Kim’s invitation to meet.
It has to be noted here that ever since that announcement, Pyongyang has not made any statement about the potential summit. Even when Kim visited Beijing earlier this month, no mention about the same came up.