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Time for a sequel to the summit of this summer's blockbuster?
North Korea's spokesman Kim Jong-un wrote to US President Donald Trump asking him to follow up on his historic summit.
The United States says that they are already planning to schedule a new meeting.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the "very warm" letter showed "Pyongyang's continued commitment to focus on denuclearization".
Negotiations on the subject seemed to have stagnated after the historic summit of the two leaders in Singapore in June.
"The primary purpose of the letter was to request and schedule another meeting with the President, which we are already working on," said Sanders.
She gave no indication as to when a second meeting between the two leaders could take place.
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But she praised the letter as "very warm, very positive" and praised North Korea's military parade last weekend, saying "for once, it was not about its nuclear arsenal. ". She attributed this to "the huge success" of Mr. Trump's policy.
Although North Korea deployed soldiers, tanks and other weapons, the parade did not show intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) during the parade marking its 70th anniversary, according to reports.
An exhibition of intercontinental ballistic missiles – which could reach the American continent, potentially carrying a nuclear warhead – would have been considered provocative.
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Thousands of soldiers marched in the parade
Trump himself thanked the North Korean leader via Twitter, saying the parade was "an important and very positive statement from North Korea".
"Thanks to President Kim, we will prove that everyone is wrong!"
At their June summit in Singapore, the two leaders signed a vague agreement on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
But it did not include a calendar, details, or mechanisms to verify the process.
Discussions and high-level visits continued, but US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest trip was canceled at the last minute.
Both parties also accused themselves of blocking negotiations while insisting on their commitment to the process.
