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Speaking at the White House, Trump said he would like to remove
sanctions on North Korea, but that he needs to see Pyongyang
make a move first on denuclearization.
"I don't think this will be the last meeting by any chance,"
Trump said.
The United States has been demanding that North Korea give up
its nuclear weapons program that threatens the United States.
North Korea has been insisting on the lifting of U.S.-led
sanctions, a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War and security
guarantees.
Trump has been eager for the Feb. 27-28 summit in Vietnam, even
though a first meeting in Singapore in June produced only vague
commitments from Kim and little concrete progress since.
"I think they want to do something. We’ll see what happens,"
Trump said, adding that he would need to see "meaningful"
progress from the other side before making any changes to the
U.S. sanctions.
On Tuesday, Trump had reiterated that he wants North Korea to
end its nuclear program, but added that he is in no rush and had
no pressing time schedule for Pyongyang.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Tim Ahmann and Meredith
Mazzilli; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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