No new conditions for North Korea talks

Trump administration officials have said there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea beyond the North’s promise not to resume nuclear testing and missile flights or publicly criticise Ussouth Korean military exercises.

The officials’ comments followed the surprise announcement last week that President Donald Trump had agreed to meet the North’s Kim Jong Un by May.

“This potential meeting has been agreed to, there are no additional conditions being stipulated,” deputy White House spokesman Raj Shah said.

Defence secretary Jim Mattis would not talk at all about the diplomatic push over North Korea’s nuclear programme. “When you get in a position like this, the potential for misunderstanding remains very high,” he said.