After admitting that it is a nuclear power.. Will Trump meet the North Korean leader?

The American President said Donald Trump Saturday on his way to Asia on the US presidential plane, North Korea "A kind of nuclear power"

In response to a question about whether he was open to North Korea’s request to recognize it as a nuclear power as a precondition for dialogue with Washington, Trump said: "I think it’s kind of a nuclear power (..) I would say they have a lot of Nuclear weapons"

Trump will visit South Korea on Wednesday to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

American media had previously reported that officials in the Trump administration discussed the possibility of organizing a meeting between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom he met for the last time in 2019 during his first presidential term.

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Trump expressed the hope of meeting Kim again during the current year, perhaps, and Kim said last month that he reserves "With beautiful memories" From his meeting with Trump, he is open to discussions if the United States abandons… "delusion" Force Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.

On Friday, South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-yong said there is an opportunity "Great" That Trump will meet with Kim during his visit to the Korean Peninsula next week.

However, a senior American official, who requested anonymity, told reporters in a call on Friday that any "A meeting is not included in the itinerary" Trump.

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Trump and Kim met for the last time in 2019 in Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas, and they met three times during Trump’s first presidential term.

But talks between the two parties collapsed over the amount of weapons that North Korea should give up in its nuclear arsenal and what return Pyongyang will receive, It has since declared its status as a nuclear state "There is no going back".

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