Trump announces Hanoi as the venue of the second summit with Kim Jong Un

| February 08, 2019 – 21:07

The two leaders had already held a historic meeting on June 12, 2018.

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his next summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be held in Hanoi on February 27-28.

"My representatives have just left a very productive meeting in North Korea, and a new date for the second summit with Kim Jong Un has been agreed, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 and 28. I hope see President Kim and advance in the cause of peace! ", tweeted Trump. "North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, will become a great economic power," he added.

North American envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun on Friday concluded a three-day visit to Pyongyang and agreed to meet with his North Korean counterpart before the summit.

Biegun met with North Korean envoy Kim Hyok Chol on Wednesday and Friday to try to advance negotiations on "complete denuclearization, transformation of relations between the United States and North Korea, and the establishment of A lasting peace in the Korean peninsula. "Said the State Department in a statement.

The two "agreed to meet again before the second summit" between the President of the United States and the North Korean leader.