A day after abruptly canceling plans for a June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the Trump administration renewed hopes on Friday that the meeting is not all but doomed and may still take place.
Following a fiery letter to Kim Jong Un cancelling the meeting on Thursday, Donald Trump tweeted on Friday morning: "Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea. We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Only time will tell!".
Mr Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon: "We got possibly some good news on the Korea summit, where it may, our diplomats can pull it off...diplomats are still are work and from our point of view here at the Defense Department, that's a fine thing."
Trump says North Korea summit could still happen on June 12.
North Korea say it is still open to talks with the US. Mr Mattis dismissed the escalatory talk and what some saw as the end of diplomacy with North Korea.
The North's response to Mr Trump's letter shied away from escalation.
"We have inwardly highly appreciated President Trump for having made the bold decision, which any other US president dared not, and made effort for such a crucial event at the summit," Kim Kye Gwan, first vice minister of foreign affairs in North Korea, was reported as saying.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/after-cancelling-trump-and-mattis-now-see-good-news-on-korea-summit-1.733940
Following a fiery letter to Kim Jong Un cancelling the meeting on Thursday, Donald Trump tweeted on Friday morning: "Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea. We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Only time will tell!".
Mr Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon: "We got possibly some good news on the Korea summit, where it may, our diplomats can pull it off...diplomats are still are work and from our point of view here at the Defense Department, that's a fine thing."
Trump says North Korea summit could still happen on June 12.
North Korea say it is still open to talks with the US. Mr Mattis dismissed the escalatory talk and what some saw as the end of diplomacy with North Korea.
The North's response to Mr Trump's letter shied away from escalation.
"We have inwardly highly appreciated President Trump for having made the bold decision, which any other US president dared not, and made effort for such a crucial event at the summit," Kim Kye Gwan, first vice minister of foreign affairs in North Korea, was reported as saying.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/after-cancelling-trump-and-mattis-now-see-good-news-on-korea-summit-1.733940
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