White House: Trump-Kim meeting only if North Korea fulfills promises

Kim Jong Nam and Donald TrumpThe meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jongun would go as planned if Pyongyang sticks to the promises it made particularly regarding missiles and nuclear test the White House said today Last week a South Korean delegation led by its national security advisor informed Trump that Kim Jonun has invited him for a meeting The invitation conveyed to orally was accepted by Trump a decision that took the world by surpriseWe fully expect that it the meeting will take place The offer was made and weve accepted North Korea made several promises and we hope that they would stick to those promises and if so the meeting will go on as planned White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference Meanwhile the Trump administration is continuing to prepare on a number of levels for the meetingMost of that is an interadministration interagency process and Im not going to get ahead of any of the details of the where the when or any of that here today she said responding to a series of questions on the meeting between the two leaders Sanders said that the maximum pressure campaign on North Korea is workingWe know that they have responded due to that and they have pushed this message through the South Koreans to us We have accepted their invitation on the three promises that they made and were going to move forward in this process she said Meanwhile in New York US National Security Advisor HR McMaster and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley briefed members of the UN Security Council on developments related to North KoreaDuring the meeting McMaster and Haley urged the international community to maintain maximum pressure on the North Korean regime and asked Council members to devote the political will and resources necessary to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions to hold the regime accountableThe announcement of a meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim is a historic opportunity that holds great potential for the world Haley said While we cant say whether Kims offer is genuine we can say that this historic meeting would not have been possible without the international communitys participation in the maximum pressure campaign initiated by the Trump Administration and a commitment to holding North Korea accountable through three strong UN sanctions resolutions in 2017 she saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever