Donald Trump is expecting a 'positive' letter from Kim Jong-un soon

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was expecting a personal letter from his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un which, he said, he believes will be "positive".

"A letter is being delivered to me, a personal letter from Kim Jong-un to me," Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to a fundraiser in Fargo, North Dakota.

The letter "was handed at the border yesterday," he added, without specifying which border that would be. Trump said that "I think it's going to be a positive letter" and that "it's being brought in by [US Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo".

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Word of a new letter from Kim came as US negotiations with North Korea over denuclearisation have stalled.

Late last month, Trump called off a planned trip by Pompeo to Pyongyang; the president blamed China on Twitter for holding back the negotiation process.

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The letter from Kim would coincide with a high-level visit to Pyongyang scheduled for Saturday by Li Zhanshu " Chinese President Xi Jinping's right-hand man and the third-ranking official in the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee " for events marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding, China's state-run CCTV reported.

Trump and Kim have traded a series of letters as they negotiate North Korea's nuclear weapon programme, as well as messages over social media.

Chung Eui-yong, left, South Kore's top national security adviser, meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Wednesday. South Korean officials reported that Kim told them he wanted to complete denuclearisation by the end of President Trump's term in office. Photo: Xinhua/South Korea Presidential Blue House

In early June, a large letter delivered to Trump at the White House by the highest-ranking North Korean delegation to visit there revived plans for a summit meeting between Kim and Trump in Singapore, which was held on June 12.

And in early August, after follow-up negotiations led by Pompeo had stalled and concerns grew about how committed North Korea was to denuclearising, the White House said that Trump had received a new letter from Kim.

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That letter followed up on their Singapore summit, days after the remains of more than 50 American service members killed in the Korean war were repatriated.

On Thursday, Trump said on Twitter that the North Korean leader had sent him a letter that "proclaims 'unwavering faith in President Trump'". In the tweet, Trump thanked the leader and said that "we will get it done together".

Also on Thursday, South Korean officials reported that Kim wanted to complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula by the end of Trump's term as president.

Seoul officials made the statement as they announced a third meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, this time in Pyongyang, from September 18-20.

This article originally appeared on the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

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