The US side revealed the time Trump and Kim Jong-un met for the second time

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for the first time in Singapore in June 2018.

The Trump administration's decision to set a date for the second summit with North Korea is a new step forward in the somewhat warming relationship between the two countries.

This creates expectations of a turning point in efforts to make North Korea credibly implement its commitment to abandon its nuclear weapons. Currently, there are 3 or 4 locations being considered for the second US-North Korea meeting.

The summit will be held despite negative assessments from US officials that North Korea has not followed through on commitments to take steps toward complete denuclearization.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the White House boss's decision to seek another meeting, despite slow progress in implementing the commitment.

Previously, on October 7, during his visit to Pyongyang, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo successfully agreed with Mr. Kim Jong-un to establish a group of experts to discuss and propose solutions to the issue of complete denuclearization, as well as discuss the stages of organizing the second US-North Korea summit.

Meanwhile, on the North Korean side, leader Kim Jong-un expressed satisfaction with the "constructive and excellent" exchange with Mr. Pompeo, appreciating the positive developments on the Korean peninsula, explaining in detail the plan to completely disarm nuclear weapons, as well as issues of mutual concern.

At the first US-North Korea summit in June in Singapore, the two sides agreed to work towards the goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. However, so far, this effort has not achieved many significant steps and is showing signs of falling into a deadlock.