U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a personal letter to Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said the White House and DPRK media.
"The President (Trump) responded to Chairman Kim's letter," CNN reported late Wednesday, citing White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.
Also on Thursday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of the DPRK reported that Kim had received a personal letter written by Trump, presented by Kim Yong Chol, the vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee who recently led a delegation to visit Washington and met with Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Kim "expressed great satisfaction" with the letter, the KCNA reported.
Trump and Kim reportedly have exchanged letters several times this month.
Early this month in a cabinet meeting, Trump told media that he had received a "great" letter from the DPRK leader. CNN then reported that a letter by Trump "was flown to Pyongyang and delivered by hand" over the weekend on Jan. 12-13.
Kim Yong Chol reportedly presented a letter by the DPRK leader to Trump during their meeting on Friday.
Representatives of the United States and the DPRK also held a series of talks near Stockholm, Sweden, over last weekend. Pompeo said the talks provided the opportunity for Washington and Pyongyang to discuss some of the complicated issues towards achieving what U.S. and DPRK leaders laid out during their historic first summit last June in Singapore.
The talks are seen to pave the way for a possible second summit between Trump and Kim. The White House announced Friday that the second summit between Trump and Kim "will take place near the end of February."
