Trump gives Kim nuke ban 'red-hot go': PM

Australia has cautiously welcomed efforts to get nuclear weapons off the Korean Peninsula, giving Donald Trump credit for having a 'red-hot go'.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at a VCCI event in Melbourne , (Inset) Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump meet to start their Singapore summit Source: AAP

Malcolm Turnbull says President Donald Trump deserves credit for having a "red hot go" at denuclearising the Korean peninsula.

But the prime minister sounded a note of warning about Kim Jong-un's level of commitment to getting rid of its nuclear weapons.

North Korea has regularly signed denuclearisation agreements since 1992, only to continue to develop nuclear weapons in secret.