Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Where will Trump and Kim meet?

- TEXT: BLOOMBERG

Donald Trump has said a number of locations are under considerat­ion for his “early June or before” meet with Kim Jong Un. Here are nine possible cities where the summit may be held 1 BANGKOK

The US embassy in Thailand is one of its largest. Bangkok is also one of the few countries in Asia to host a North Korean embassy

2 GENEVA

The city in diplomatic­ally-neutral Switzerlan­d has hosted many high-level diplomatic meetings. Kim also went to school in Switzerlan­d

3 HELSINKI

A North Korean foreign ministry official visited Helsinki in March

4 SINGAPORE

China’s Xi Jinping chose Singapore for his meet with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou. The city has diplomatic relations with North Korea and the US

5 STOCKHOLM

Sweden has an embassy in Pyongyang and acts as the "protecting power" for the US. North Korean minister Ri Yong Ho visited Stockholm in March

6 OSLO

The city was where US and North Korean officials met in May 2017 and hammered out details for the release of American student Otto Warmbier

7 PRAGUE

Kim Pyong Il, Kim Jong Un’s uncle, is North Korea’s ambassador to the Czech Republic

8 WARSAW

North Korea has a spacious embassy in the Polish capital, which in July 2017 was the site of Trump’s first major public speech in Europe.

9 ULAANBAATA­R

Mongolia borders Russia and China and has diplomatic relations with the US and North Korea. It is also easily accessible by train from Pyongyang

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