U.S. President Donald Trump has talked about the possibility of holding a third North Korea-U.S. summit before the year is out,... but he says it's NOT yet the right time for him to visit Pyeongyang.<br />At the lower level, the State Department said it's ready to resume working-level talks with North Korea at a time and place agreed by the two countries.<br />Kim Hyo-sun reports.<br />U.S. President Donald Trump says he's not yet ready to visit North Korea to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.<br />Speaking at the White House on Monday,...Trump said it's not yet the right time to visit Pyeongyang.<br /><br />"Probably not. I don't think it's ready, I don't think we are ready for that. I would do it sometime, at sometime at a later future, and depending on what happens I'm sure he'll love coming to the United States also. But no, I don't think it's ready for that. I think we've got ways to go yet."<br /><br />His remarks come as Kim reportedly invited Trump to visit Pyeongyang in a letter sent in August.<br />Citing an unidentified source,... Reuters explained that in his letter,... Kim spoke of his desire for a third summit,... while extending an invitation for Trump to visit North Korea.<br />On a related note, the U.S. State Department said Monday that it's ready to resume denuclearization talks with Pyeongyang.<br />This was in response to a statement issued by North Korea's foreign ministry that called on Washington to remove all threats and hurdles to resuming working-level talks.<br />The statement came after an offer by the North's First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui to resume talks at the end of September.<br />A State Department spokesperson told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency that Washington welcomes Pyeongyang's commitment to resume talks,... adding the U.S. is ready to sit down at a time and place to be agreed.<br />During a phone call with Japan's new foreign minister on Monday,... U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated their shared goal of achieving North Korea's final and fully verified denuclearization.<br />Pompeo also emphasized Washington's determination to cooperate with Tokyo on a wide range of regional and global issues.<br />Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.<br />
