US President Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae discuss North Korea’s threat to scrap summit

Washington, May 21: US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in today discussed North Korea's recent threats to cancel its unprecedented summit with Washington.

After weeks of warm words and diplomatic backslapping, Pyongyang abruptly threatened to pull out of the planned summit next month because of US demands for unilateral nuclear abandonment.

North Korea also canceled at the last minute a high-level meeting with the South, protesting joint military drills between Seoul and Washington. The North Korean Presidential office said in a statement that in a phone conversation today, Trump and Moon exchanged views on various actions taken by North Korea recently. They are due to meet in Washington on Tuesday.

Pyongyang also raised hopes ahead of the US summit by announcing it will destroy its nuclear testing site.

The statement said, the two leaders agreed to work closely for the success of the landmark summit in Singapore on Jun 12, which would be the first meeting between a sitting US President and a North Korean leader.

At a dramatic summit last month in the Demilitarised Zone dividing their two countries, Kim and Moon pledged to pursue nuclear disarmament and a peace treaty.