US President Donald Trump gave his blessing to talks aimed at formally ending the war on the Korean peninsula today, setting the stage for a major diplomatic breakthrough at a series of upcoming summits.
With a rare inter-Korean meeting 10 days away, and Trump's own landmark sit-down with Kim Jong Un still eyed by early June, the US president opened the door to a peace treaty that has eluded diplomats for more than half a century.
"North Korea is coming along," Trump said confidently as he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
"South Korea is meeting and has plans to meet to see if they can end the war and they have my blessing on that," said Trump.
"People don't realize the Korean War has not ended. It's going on right now. And they are discussing an end to the war."
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