US has never been closer to getting rid of N Korea's nukes: Trump

The US has never been closer to getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump has said, exuding confidence that his planned summit with the reclusive country's leader Kim Jong Un will be a "success".

Trump has accepted an invitation for a meeting with Kim. The meeting is scheduled to take place soon, possibly in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) straddling the border between the two Koreas.

He also confirmed yesterday that Singapore was also on the list of possible sites.

Trump praised Kim for living up to his promise of not launching ballistic missiles and carrying out any nuclear tests before the planned meeting.

"The US has never been closer to potentially having something happen with respect to the Korean peninsula that can get rid of the nuclear weapons, can create so many good things, so many positive things, and peace and safety for the world," Trump said yesterday.

"So, we'll see what happens. You know, I often say, Who knows? Who knows? Maybe a lot of things change," he told reporters during a joint news conference with the visiting Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

Lauding Kim for his recent statements, Trump said everybody wanted to see the meeting happen and it had a chance to be a "big event".

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