Trump says he expects second North Korea summit ‘quite soon’

UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump said Monday he expected to meet again soon with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he saw “tremendous progress” in easing tensions. “It looks like we’ll have a second summit quite soon,” Trump told reporters at the United Nations. “As you know Kim Jong Un wrote a letter — a beautiful letter — asking for a second meeting and we will be doing that,” added Trump, who met with Kim in Singapore in June. He said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — whose last planned visit to Pyongyang was abruptly scuttled by the White House — would arrange the summit “in the immediate future.” </s> President Donald Trump says 2nd summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is likely 'quite soon'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump says 2nd summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is likely 'quite soon' </s> President Donald Trump to announce second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, to be held Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump to announce second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, to be held Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam. </s> UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump said Monday he expected to meet again soon with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he saw "tremendous progress" in easing tensions.

"It looks like we'll have a second summit quite soon," Trump told reporters at the United Nations.

"As you know Kim Jong Un wrote a letter -- a beautiful letter -- asking for a second meeting and we will be doing that," added Trump, who met with Kim in Singapore in June. </s> President Donald Trump said today he expected a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be announced “pretty soon” and the location had yet to be determined.

President Donald Trump said today he expected a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be announced “pretty soon” and the location had yet to be determined.

Trump says expects announcement of new summit with North Korea's Kim 'pretty soon'

Trump, during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the United Nations, said: “Chairman Kim has been really very open and terrific, frankly. I think he wants to see something happen.”

Moon said he brought Trump a personal message from Kim and that the North Korean leader was hoping to meet with the U.S. president soon.

Trump said he and Moon also had a good discussion on trade between South Korea and the United States. </s> The President of the United States Donald Trump reportedly plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on February 27-28.

The meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is planned to take place in Vietnam, Politico reported.

Trump is reportedly expected to formally announce details of his second summit with Kim during his State of the Union address to Congress later on Tuesday night.

Earlier, the US State Department said in a press release that US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun was about to travel to Pyongyang on February 6 for talks to prepare for the second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.

The long-standing tensions on the Korean Peninsula started to ease after Kim Jong-un committed to denuclearization of Korean peninsula and held historic summits with US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. </s> US President Donald Trump says the second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to take place "quite soon."

Speaking at the United Nations, Trump says the relationship with the country whose leader he branded last year as "Little Rocket Man" is much improved.

"It was a different world. That was a dangerous time. This is one year later, a much different time," he said.

Trump says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is working out the details for the second Trump-Kim meeting.

Kim requested a second meeting with Trump in a letter this month, and Trump says, "we will be doing that."

Trump is set to meet with South Korea's Moon Jae-in to discuss North Korea and trade details. Moon is expected to convey to Trump a personal message from Kim delivered at their inter-Korean talks last week.

Trump is at the United Nations for his second general assembly meeting with world leaders since taking office and has participated in a counter-narcotics event. </s> U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to hold a second summit with North Korea "quite soon" and hailed the "tremendous progress" made so far.

"The relationship is very good with North Korea. We have many things in store," Trump told reporters at the United Nations in New York. "It looks like we will have a second summit quite soon."

Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Jung had asked for the summit in a "beautiful letter" and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was working out the details.

Pompeo has offered to meet his North Korean counterpart this week in New York where the U.N. General Assembly will take place.

Trump said progress with the north was significant and the relationship was looking "much different" than it did a year ago. He had previously vowed to bring down "fire and fury" on Pyongyang and dubbed Kim "Little Rocket Man."

Trump is set to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in while in New York.

The two Koreas held their own summit last week in North Korea.

The U.S. is looking for Pyongyang to completely denuclearize but North Korea is asking for reciprocal measures from Washington on the Korean peninsula. </s> President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for the second time next week at a summit in Vietnam, the continuation of their conversation about North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with CNN international correspondent Will Ripley (@willripley), who covered the first meeting last year in Singapore and will be in Hanoi for the second summit.
US President Donald Trump expects a second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un "quite soon".