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US President Donald Trump said on Friday (October 24) that North Korea is “sort of a nuclear power” as he departed for Asia, where a possible meeting with Kim Jong Un could take place.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump was asked whether he would recognise North Korea as a nuclear state — a condition Pyongyang has set for talks with Washington. “Well, I think they are sort of a nuclear power,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of nuclear weapons, I’ll say that.”
Trump is scheduled to visit Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea for the APEC Summit in Busan, where he will also meet South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. Lee has expressed openness to a deal in which North Korea freezes nuclear weapons production in exchange for dialogue.
Reports suggest US officials have discussed a potential Trump-Kim meeting, though it is not currently on the official agenda.
South Korean officials have said there remains a “considerable chance” of such an encounter, similar to their last impromptu meeting in 2019 at the DMZ.
Trump, who made history as the first US president to step into North Korea, said he “had a great relationship” with Kim and is open to another meeting. “If you want to put out the word, I’m open to it,” he added.
Kim recently said he still has “a good memory” of Trump but stressed that talks can only resume if the US drops its “absurd” demand for denuclearisation.
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