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Trump releases 'very nice' letter from Kim Jong Un

By AFP | Jul. 13, 2018

**North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump at the start of their historic summit last month.** [AFP]

US President Donald Trump once more signalled his optimism on Thursday about efforts to end the nuclear standoff with North Korea, as he took the extraordinary diplomatic step of tweeting out a letter from Kim Jong Un.

The four-paragraph letter -- an upbeat missive in which Kim voices hope in a "new future" and speaks of his "invariable trust" in Trump -- is dated July 6, the day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in North Korea for what turned out to be acrimonious talks with Kim's regime.

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