U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a press conference with visiting Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (not in the photo) at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, March 6, 2018. (Xinhua/Ting Shen)
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the deal with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is "very much in the making" and will be good for the world.
Trump's remarks came one day after the White House confirmed that he agreed to meet Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the DPRK, in a couple of months, signaling a big step toward resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
A pedestrian walks in front of a huge screen flashing a news report relating to U.S. President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un agreeing to meet for talks in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. (Xinhua/ AFP PHOTO)
"The deal with North Korea (the DPRK) is very much in the making and will be, if completed, a very good one for the World. Time and place to be determined," Trump tweeted Friday evening.
Earlier in the day, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said at a briefing that Trump will meet with Kim after seeing "concrete steps" taken by Pyongyang.
Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 24, 2016 shows a scene of an underwater test-fire of submarine ballistic missile in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). (Xinhua/KCNA)
Signs of a thaw on the Korean Peninsula emerged earlier this year since working-level talks between the two Koreas were held at the truce village of Panmunjom and the DPRK participated in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In addition, the two Koreas agreed to hold the third inter-Korean summit in late April.
China welcomes the positive news on direct dialogue between the United States and the DPRK, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.