"He will accept the invitation to meet with Kim Jong Un at a place and time to be determined," said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. Chung said the US President's "leadership" and his administration's pressure on the North Korean regime had "brought us to this juncture." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said her government welcomed "any dialogue with North Korea" but warned that "North Korea has a history of making agreements and then failing to honor them." In a brief statement to reporters, Chung said Kim "expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible." "President Trump was elected in part because he is willing to do -- take approaches very, very different from past approaches and past presidents.

Source: CNN March 09, 2018 00:22 UTC