Donald Trump receives new invitation from Kim Jong-Un

United States President Donald Trump has been given a new letter from the North Korean leader inviting him to a second meeting.

This would be their second official meeting, following the controversial summit earlier this year at which Kim Jong-Un made vague promises regarding nuclear disarmament. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders has said that the White House was looking at scheduling a new meeting between the two leaders.

Ms Sanders said that the letter from Mr Kim was ā€œvery warm, very positiveā€ and that the ā€œprimary purposeā€ of the correspondence was to organise another meeting to continue talks about nuclear disarmament.

She also said that the letter demonstrated North Koreaā€™s ā€œcontinued commitmentā€ towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

She cited a recent North Korean military parade in the capital of Pyongyang which did not feature any ā€œlong-range nuclear missilesā€ as being a ā€œsign of good faithā€.

President Trump also gave praise to Mr Kim for the less intimidating parade.

He said that it was a ā€œbig and very positive statementā€ and thanked Mr Kim, saying that they would together ā€œprove everyone wrongā€.

This contrasts with Mr Trumpā€™s decision to cancel Secretary of State Mike Pompeoā€™s recent North Korea visit, citing that the country had done little to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

While North Korea has made taken some rudimentary action in dismantling parts of a test site, it has yet to reveal its full arsenal or lay down any concrete plan to disarm. Critics say that renewed appearance of diplomacy on the issue is a delaying tactic by North Korea, which has no sincere intention to denuclearise the peninsula.

If a second meeting does occur, the world will undoubtedly be watching with intense scrutiny to see if progress is truly possible.

Christian Woods
Christian Woods
Christian is a morning reporter and technology columnist for Best in Australia. Christian has worked in the media since 2000, in a range of locations. He joined Best in Australia in 2018, and began working in Melbourne in 2019.
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