Trump sees "good chances" of agreements with Pyongyang and with Beijing

Washington.- The president of the United States, Donald Trump was optimistic about the "good chances" of reaching agreements on two important diplomatic issues, such as North Korea's nuclear disarmament and trade relations with China.

In an interview with CBS TV on Sunday, Trump said that the location and date of his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after the historic meeting in Singapore on June 12, have "already been established", said AFP.

The details of the meeting, scheduled for "the end of February", probably in Vietnam or Thailand, will be unveiled Tuesday during his annual State of the Union address or earlier, "he said. -he declares.

US intelligence said Tuesday that it was "unlikely" that Pyongyang "is abandoning all its nuclear weapons and production capabilities," Washington said.. "We also have a very good chance of reaching an agreement," said Trump.

The president also said that Kim Jong Un was "tired" of facing economic sanctions.

"He has the opportunity to become one of the world's largest economic powers," but "he can not do it as long as he has the nuclear weapon," insisted Trump.

"I like it, we get along very well, there is incredible chemistry between us," said the Republican billionaire, who since the summit between the two in Singapore has not been complacent. with the North Korean leader, responsible for a large part of the international community. one of the worst regimes in the world for human rights violations.

Asked about a possible withdrawal of soldiers deployed in South Korea during the negotiation period, Trump was adamant and said that "his departure has never been discussed".

However, he reiterated that the presence of "40,000 soldiers in South Korea" is "very expensive".

On China and the declared trade war between the world's two major economic powers, the US president said the two countries were "about to reach an agreement with China."

"We have good chances to reach an agreement," he added after talks between the two parties this week in Washington., as the deadline of March 1st approaches to reach a consensus.