After rejection of Putin
Surprise summit between Trump and Kim?
Donald Trump has canceled a surprise summit with the Russian president, but now there could be a meeting with another autocrat. Trump is visiting South Korea next week, which could include a meeting with North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un.
South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young told journalists on Friday that the possibility of such a meeting during Trump's visit to South Korea next week was "significant".
"Great probability"
North Korea appears to be "paying attention to the United States", with various signs pointing to a "high probability of a meeting", the minister said. Chung called on the two heads of state not to "miss this opportunity". "They must make a decision," he added.
A summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will take place in South Korea next week, which the US president is also expected to attend. The South Korean foreign ministry said in September that such a meeting on the sidelines of the summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, "cannot be ruled out".
Trump had recently said that he hoped to meet Kim, possibly before the end of the year. According to US media reports, US government representatives have already discussed the realization of such a meeting behind closed doors.
Several meetings during Trump's first term in office
There were several such meetings during Trump's first term in office (2017-2021). The two heads of state last met in 2019 for a surprise summit in the border town of Panmunjom in the heavily secured joint security zone between South Korea and North Korea.
Pyongyang said that Kim was ready for new talks. The head of state of the internationally largely isolated country said last month that he had "good memories" of Trump. At the same time, however, North Korea insists on maintaining its nuclear weapons program.
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