Kim discusses planned talks with South, U.S.
TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un briefed top party officialsonhisvisionfordialogue with the United States and his upcoming summit with South Korea’s president, the North’s official media reported Tuesday.
Kim gave his “profound analysis and appraisal” of the prospects for North Korea-u.s. dialogue at a meeting of the Politburo of the ruling party’s Central Committee, the Korean Central News Agencyreported.the meeting was held on Monday.
The report did not mention plans for Kim to hold a summit with President Donald Trump, but it suggests Pyongyang is preparing for the meeting and is ready to let North Koreans know big events may be ahead.
The North’s official media have made virtually no mention of the diplomatic overtures Kim has made toward Seoul and Washington since January, though it did trumpet Kim’s visit to Beijing last month to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
North Korea’s parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, is scheduledtoconvenewednesday.the assembly generally convenes once a year to approve the national budget and other policy and personnel issues that have already been decided on by Kim and the party leadership.
According to the KCNA report, the party leaders who met Monday approved a budget for this year that will be presented to the parliament.
It said Kim outlined in detail his analysis on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and mentioned the North-south summit, which will be held on the south side of the DMZ on April 27.
He then discussed the “prospect of the DPRK-U.S. dialogue and set forth the strategic and tactical issues” to be maintained by the party.
Trump said Monday their meeting might be in late May or even in June.