White House: No Trump-Kim Meeting Planned During Mid-May China Trip

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AP/Yonhap)

President Donald Trump has no meeting planned with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his mid-May trip to China, the White House said May 4 local time.

A White House official, responding to a question, said, “There is no such meeting on the schedule at this time,” Yonhap News Agency reported.

The White House said Trump’s China visit is set for May 14-15, with a U.S.-China summit planned with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The White House’s use of the qualifier “at this time” indicates a North Korea-U.S. summit is not part of the official itinerary, though it does not completely rule out a separate meeting if the two sides later coordinate one.

Earlier, Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said he held a roughly 20-minute surprise meeting with Trump at the White House during a U.S. visit on April 13. Kim told a meeting with South Korean correspondents that Trump said, “It would be great to meet (Kim Jong Un). But it could be when I go to China this time, or it might not be, or it could be after that,” Kim recounted.

* This article has been translated by AI.

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