Donald Trump: I had long and very good talk with South Korea leader after summit
US president Donald Trump says he had "a long and very good talk" with the South Korean president after his historic meeting with North Korea's leader.
With anticipation growing for a possible US-North Korea summit, Mr Trump tweeted that "things are going very well", with the "time and location" of a meeting with Kim Jong Un still being set.
He said that besides talking to South Korea's Moon Jae-in, he has updated Japanese PM Shinzo Abe about "the ongoing negotiations".
Mr Moon and Mr Kim have pledged to seek a formal end to the Korean War by the end of the year and to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.
Mr Trump has said he is looking forward to the meeting with Mr Kim and it "should be quite something".
It is tentatively scheduled for May or early June.
Earlier, the US president claimed credit for the historic meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea and declared that peace on the divided peninsula could be achieved.
Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea. Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set. Also spoke to Prime Minister Abe of Japan to inform him of the ongoing negotiations.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 28, 2018
He spoke hours after Mr Kim became the first North Korean leader to travel south of the demarcation line between the two Koreas, meeting Mr Moon.
Responsibility for turning a bold vision for peace into reality will in large part rest with Mr Trump, who has often vowed to succeed where his predecessors have failed in eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat to America.
Earlier, he touted the outcome of Friday's summit between Mr Kim and Mr Moon as a breakthrough in the generational stand-off.
KOREAN WAR TO END! The United States, and all of its GREAT people, should be very proud of what is now taking place in Korea!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018
"KOREAN WAR TO END!" he tweeted. "The United States, and all of its GREAT people, should be very proud of what is now taking place in Korea!"
In a separate tweet, he said "good things are happening, but only time will tell".
After a furious year of missile launches and Nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place. Good things are happening, but only time will tell!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018
