New Trump-Kim summit to be held in February, according to the White House

[Blexfraptor]

The next summit between US President Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, will take place "at the end of February," the White House announced Friday, without specifying where the meeting will be held. .

"The president is eager to meet with leader Kim at a place to be announced at a later date," spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said after a 90-minute meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Kim Yong Chol, right-hand man, ended. of the North Korean leader.

Donald Trump, 72, and Kim Jong Un, more than 30 years younger, met for the first time in June 2018 in Singapore. In this historical face-to-face, the first between a president of the United States and an heir of the Kim Dynasty, the strong man of Piongyang committed himself to a "complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," without giving details or a calendar.

Since then, negotiations have been postponed. Washington demands an absolute denuclearization of "fully verified" North Korea before the international sanctions imposed on it are lifted, while Piongyang accuses the United States of demanding unilateral disarmament without making concessions.

During his New Year's speech, the North Korean leader said he was willing to meet with Trump at any time, but also warned that Piongyang could change its attitude if Washington maintains, despite the diplomatic rapprochement since June, its economic sanctions against North Korea. .

North Korea has received an impressive series of UN sanctions over the past few years in the face of allegations of the development of its nuclear arsenal. Piongyang has carried out six nuclear tests and has developed and tested ballistic missiles that, according to experts, could reach the continental United States.