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| US President Donald Trump, who has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, said there is a now a good chance the North Korean leader will give up his country's nuclear weapons |
US President Donald Trump, who has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, said Wednesday there is a now a good chance the North Korean leader will give up his country's nuclear weapons.
"For
years and through many administrations, everyone said that peace and the
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula was not even a small
possibility," Trump wrote in an early morning tweet.
"Now
there is a good chance that Kim Jong Un will do what is right for his people
and for humanity. Look forward to our meeting!," Trump added.
His
comments came as Kim completed a secretive and unprecedented visit to Beijing
on Wednesday as the two countries seek to repair frayed ties before Pyongyang's
landmark summits with Washington and earlier with South Korea.
On his
first trip abroad since taking power, Kim and his wife were greeted by an honor
guard and a banquet hosted by President Xi Jinping, according to state media,
which confirmed the three-day visit on Wednesday only after Kim had returned by
train to North Korea.
The two men
held talks at the Great Hall of the People and Kim pledged he was
"committed to denuclearization" on the Korean peninsula, according to
China's Xinhua news agency.
Kim also
expressed willingness to hold the summits with Trump and South Korean President
Moon Jae-in, it said.
Analysts
said Xi likely wanted to see Kim in order to ensure North Korea does not cut a
deal with Trump that hurts Chinese interests during their summit, expected to
be held in May.
North Korean newscaster Ri Chun Hee announces on state TV that Kim Jong Un exchanged views with and invited Xi Jinping to North Korea during his recent trip to Beijing pic.twitter.com/6S4usSUnAL— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 28, 2018
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