President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader.
North Korea agreed on Friday to hold official talks with South Korea next week, the first in more than two years, hours after Washington and Seoul delayed a military exercise amid a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes.
Mr Trump, answering questions from reporters at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, expressed a willingness to talk to Mr Kim but not without preconditions.
“Absolutely, I would do that,” said Mr Trump. “I have no problem with that at all.”
The two foes have exchanged insults ever since Mr Trump took office, with the American president repeatedly calling Mr Kim “rocket man” for testing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
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