'We will get it done together!': Trump praises North Korea's Kim

North Korea's deadline for denuclearisation - by the end of US President Donald Trump's first term - gets a nod from POTUS.

Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump

Both Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2018. Source: AAP

US President Donald Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for reportedly expressing faith in him.

"Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims 'unwavering faith in President Trump.' Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!," Trump wrote on Twitter.
Kim restated his commitment to denuclearising the Korean peninsula Thursday.

South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong delivered a letter Wednesday to Kim from South Korea's President Moon Jae-in.

Trump and Kim pledged to denuclearise the Korean peninsula at the Singapore summit in June but no details were agreed. And Washington and Pyongyang have sparred since on what that means and how it will be achieved.

Kim emphasised that his "trust in Trump remains unchanged" despite the difficulties, Chung said, and expressed his intention to work closely with the United States to achieve denuclearisation "in the first official term of President Trump."
Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will also meet in Pyongyang on September 18-20 for a third summit and discuss "practical measures" towards denuclearisation, Moon's national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, said a day after meeting Kim.

The summit could provide renewed momentum to talks over denuclearisation between North Korea and the United States, after Trump cancelled a visit to Pyongyang by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last month citing lack of progress.


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