U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted from the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Osaka on Saturday morning, publicly proposing Kim Jong Un meet him at the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday. North Korea's first vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui quickly said the idea was "interesting" and that any meeting would be "meaningful," but said Pyongyang had not yet "received an official proposal in this regard.”
While it therefore now appears the ball is in Washington's court to formalize the invitation, the prospect for a sudden Sunday meeting is growing stronger. But following months of stalemate between the two sides after the collapse of the Hanoi summit, what can an eleventh-hour meeting now achieve?
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted from the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Osaka on Saturday morning, publicly proposing Kim Jong Un meet him at the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday. North Korea's first vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui quickly said the idea was "interesting" and that any meeting would be "meaningful," but said Pyongyang had not yet "received an official proposal in this regard.”
While it therefore now appears the ball is in Washington's court to formalize the invitation, the prospect for a sudden Sunday meeting is growing stronger. But following months of stalemate between the two sides after the collapse of the Hanoi summit, what can an eleventh-hour meeting now achieve?
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