Mongolia invites North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to visit capital
Invitation comes amid expectations of a second summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump, who met in Singapore in June
Mongolia has invited Kim Jong-un to visit the nation’s capital, which once hoped to host the historic summit between the North Korean leader and US President Donald Trump, an official said Tuesday.
The invitation to visit Ulan Bator comes amid expectations that Kim and Trump, who met in Singapore in June, will hold a second summit – a time and location for which have yet to be determined.
According to Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga’s office, the invitation was sent to Kim on October 10, though no specific date was proposed.
The North Korean leader can visit “whenever he feels convenient”, an official from the president’s office said, confirming a report published Monday by North Korea’s KCNA state news service.
Mongolia had offered to host Trump and Kim for their landmark summit in June, but they ended up picking Singapore, where they agreed to a vaguely-worded statement on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
Trump said last week that three or four unspecified locations have been shortlisted for their next meeting, but it would “probably” not be in Singapore again, and he did not give a date.
