Kim signals openness to Trump talks, rejects denuclearization

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00:00North Korea's Kim Jong-un says he's open to meeting President Donald Trump again,

00:05but only if the U.S. drops its demand for denuclearization.

00:10In a rare personal comment since Trump's return to office,

00:14Kim told North Korea's parliament he has good memories of the summits

00:18and would consider talks based on peaceful coexistence

00:21and recognition of the North's nuclear status.

00:25Kim called Washington's push for disarmament a delusional obsession

00:29and said North Korea's nuclear is permanent, quote, irreversible.

00:33The position directly challenges decades of U.S. policy

00:36that makes denuclearization a precondition for dialogue.

00:41His remarks come ahead of Trump's late October trip to South Korea for the APEC summit,

00:46where he is expected to meet China's Xi Jinping.

00:49Kim is not expected to attend.

00:51Trump and Kim last met in 2019 when talks collapsed over two issues,

00:56how much of the nuclear program North Korea would dismantle,

00:59and how much sanctions relief the U.S. would provide.

01:02Now, with Russia and China blocking new U.N. penalties

01:05and Kim appearing alongside Xi and Vladimir Putin at a Beijing military parade earlier this year,

01:11analysts say Pyongyang may believe it has more leverage.

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