North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to future talks with the United States if Washington drops its demand that the country give up its nuclear weapons, state media said on Monday.

Kim said that he has “fond memories” of US President Donald Trump. The two leaders met three times during the US leader’s first term before talks collapsed.

“If the United States discards its delusional obsession with denuclearization and, based on recognizing reality, truly wishes for peaceful coexistence with us, then there is no reason we cannot meet it,” Kim said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. (AFP)