April 19, 2018 8:15 AM

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US Prez Trump says that campaign of maximum pressure on North Korea will continue until Pyongyang denuclearizes

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div>US President Donald Trump has said that a campaign of maximum pressure on North Korea will continue until Pyongyang denuclearizes. Speaking at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump said that they have to end nuclear weapons, ideally in all parts of the world.&nbsp;</div>''<div></div>''<div>US President voiced hope that North and South Korea can pave the way to a lasting peace at a series of upcoming summits. Trump made the comments amid a flurry of diplomatic activity that has fuelled hopes of a major breakthrough in the standoff with Pyongyang.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The US president said that they hope to see the day when the whole Korean peninsula can live together in safety, prosperity and peace. He said it will be a great day for them and a great day for the world. Trump is planning to meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in the next two months.</div>''<div></div>''<div>Yesterday, the US leader confirmed a clandestine meeting had already taken place between his CIA chief and the North's reclusive leader. Kim is expected to meet South Korea's President Moon Jae-in next week for landmark talks at which discussion of a formal peace declaration is now on the cards. Trump's talks with Kim would then follow.''<div class="yj6qo"></div>''<div class="adL"></div></div></div>

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