Trump's decision to meet with Kim Jong Un 'no surprise,' Tillerson says

US President Donald Trump's decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "was not a surprise in any way," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday, as the bombshell news was met with cautious optimism by China and US allies in the region.
Speaking to reporters in Djibouti, the latest stop on his week-long tour of Africa, Tillerson said it was "a decision the President took himself" after having the matter "on his mind for quite some time."
Tillerson's comments came after he was asked by a reporter why, less than a day prior, he had said that conditions were not yet ripe for talks with North Korea.

The meeting, announced by a South Korean delegation at the White House on Thursday night, would, if it goes ahead, mark an unmatched moment of history in the 70-year standoff between the US and the isolated state. It would be all the more remarkable given the history of insults, threats and challenges exchanged by the two leaders.


Source :- cnn

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