Trump says he received a 'beautiful letter' from DPRK's Kim
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had received a "beautiful" letter from Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Trump told the press before departing the White House for Iowa that he received a "very warm" and "very nice" letter from Kim on Monday, without providing more details about the letter.

Trump also reiterated his good relationship with Kim as well as the tremendous potential of the DPRK.

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un following a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi, February 27, 2019. /VCG Photo

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un following a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi, February 27, 2019. /VCG Photo

Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are scheduled to visit Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in late June to discuss denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula with leaders of the two U.S. allies, U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said Monday at a press briefing.

Ortagus also confirmed that Washington remains open to negotiation with Pyongyang while stressing the economic sanctions against the DPRK would not be removed.

The denuclearization negotiations between the United States and the DPRK have been stalled since the second summit between Trump and Kim ended with no agreement in February in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (C) gestures as he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic U.S.-DPRK summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 11, 2018. /VCG Photo

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (C) gestures as he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic U.S.-DPRK summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 11, 2018. /VCG Photo

Trump has made history by meeting twice with Kim in a bid to lure the DPRK into giving up nuclear weapons.

Despite the collapse of the Hanoi Summit held in February, Trump said he would be open to an eventual third meeting. "It could happen but I want to bring it further down the line," Trump said.

White House national security adviser John Bolton is also backing a new summit. "We're ready when they are," he told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.

(With input from Xinhua, AFP)

(Cover: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media as he departs for travel to Iowa from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 11, 2019. /VCG Photo)