US President Donald Trump is likely to hold talks with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in before his historical summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, officials in Seoul have indicated.<\/p>\n
Trump and Kim are scheduled to meet in late May or early June at a yet-to-be-determined location, the first meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the US after almost 70 years of confrontation.<\/p>\n
The Moon-Trump meet will likely take place in Washington, where the South Korean president will brief his US counterpart on his own meet with Kim and what transpired at the inter-Korea meet scheduled for this week, CNN reported, citing a senior official in Moon\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n
Japanese newspaper The Mainichi reported that the Moon-Trump talks are expected to be held around mid-May. According to an unnamed Blue House official, Moon and Trump will also speak on telephone immediately after the inter-Korea summit.<\/p>\n
The CNN report, quoting Moon\u2019s secretary for public relations Yoon Young-chan, said South Korea\u2019s top national security official Chung Eui-yong raised the possibility of a Trump-Moon summit during a meeting with US National Security Adviser John Bolton.<\/p>\n
According to South Korea\u2019s Yonhap News Agency, Chung travelled to Washington in March, shortly after meeting Kim in Pyongyang to convey the North Korean leader\u2019s desire to hold a summit with Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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