SEOUL: US President Donald Trump is anticipated to reach in South Korea on Oct 29 for the upcoming APEC summit, South Korea’s presidential workplace mentioned on Thursday (Oct 16).
The US president is anticipated to be “arriving on the twenty ninth”, an official from the workplace informed AFP.
US officers preserve that Trump might meet Chinese language President Xi Jinping on the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board, which runs till Nov 1.
Seoul has additionally mentioned a gathering on the sidelines between the US and North Korea “cannot be ruled out”.
South Korean media cited the nationwide safety advisor as saying that Trump is anticipated to remain within the southern metropolis of Gyeongju till Oct 30.
A gathering with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will doubtless happen round that point, in response to the experiences.
Final week, Trump threatened to scrap a deliberate assembly with Xi on the discussion board, in retaliation for Beijing imposing export curbs on rare earth technologies.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, nevertheless, informed CNBC on Wednesday that Trump still planned to meet Xi.
Trump has additionally mentioned he hopes to satisfy North Korean chief Kim Jong Un once more, probably this yr, whereas Pyongyang has mentioned Kim is open to future talks below sure circumstances.
The pair met thrice throughout Trump’s first time period, however in the end did not safe an enduring settlement on North Korea’s nuclear programme.
Since then, Pyongyang has declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear state.
