Donald Trump has teased a future meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before he jetted off to Asia, where he will hold high-stakes trade talks with country leaders.

The U.S. president told reporters he was open to seeing the North Korean leader before he stepped on Air Force One for a trip to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, although U.S. officials have played down speculation about such a meeting.

“I had a great relationship with him,” Trump said, although there is no confirmation that there would be a repeat of their last encounter at the Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019.

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment.

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Trump visited South Korea in 2019 and made a surprise trip to the border with North Korea for an impromptu meeting with

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