Key facts
- U.S. President Donald Trump said he "may" meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his upcoming Asia trip.
- Trump plans to attend the APEC summit in China on November 18-19.
- Trump stated he "gets along with him" and that a meeting "will be exciting."
- Trump previously met Kim three times in 2018 and 2019.
- State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Trump views talks with North Korea as not a concession.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he may meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his upcoming trip to Asia, raising the possibility of renewed summit diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang.
Asked by a reporter at the White House whether he plans to meet Kim during the trip, Trump replied, "I may," adding, "That'll be exciting, won't it? But I get along with him."
Trump plans to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China, scheduled for November 18-19 in Shenzhen.
In August, Trump said that he hopes to meet Kim later this year, adding to speculation that he might seek to rekindle his personal diplomacy with Kim that led to three bilateral in-person meetings: the first in Singapore in June 2018, the second in Hanoi in February 2019 and the third at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom.