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Trump says North Korea summit back on for June 12

U.S. President Donald Trump said his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on and will take place in Singapore on June 12.

Trump made the announcement outside the White House after a meeting with Kim Yong Chol, who is leading Pyongyang's diplomatic efforts on the proposed summit and reportedly delivered a letter to Trump from Kim Jong Un.

"It's going to have to be a process, but relationships are building, and that's a very good thing," Trump said.

The news follows two days of meetings in New York between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials.

On May 24, Trump cancelled the meeting, citing what he called "the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed" by North Korea toward the U.S. A senior North Korean official had called U.S. Vice President Mike Pence a "political dummy" for comparing North Korea to Libya, referring to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's decision to set aside his nuclear ambition in exchange for sanctions relief in the early 2000s. Gadhafi was overthrown and killed by revolutionary forces in 2011.