"I would like to meet him this year. I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un in the appropriate future," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
According to Reuters, North Korea has not yet responded to a request for comment on the US president's remarks.
Trump's statements were made during a meeting with the new president of South Korea, Lee Jae-myung, at the White House. The South Korean leader, in turn, expressed hope that the US president would be able to improve relations between Seoul and Pyongyang. ru.interfax.com.ua.
"I hope that you can bring peace to the Korean peninsula, the only divided country in the world. So that you can meet with Kim Jong-un, build Trump World (a real estate complex in North Korea. So that I can play golf there, and so that you can really play the role of a peacemaker of global historical significance," Lee said.
