Anchor: U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. is doing everything possible to make the upcoming Washington-Pyongyang summit a success, not just for the countries involved, but for the entire world. 
Alannah Hill has this report.

Report: President Donald Trump has vowed to do “everything possible” to make his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a “worldwide success.”

[Sound bite: U.S. President Donald Trump]
"As you know I will be meeting with Kim Jong-un in the coming weeks to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Hopefully that meeting will be a great success and we're looking forward to it. It would be a tremendous thing for North Korea and a tremendous thing for the world." 

Speaking at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Wednesday, Trump expressed his hope to see the day when the two Koreas can live together in "safety, prosperity and peace," adding the U.S. will be working very hard. 

However, he said he will "respectfully leave" the meeting if he starts to feel it won’t be fruitful and reaffirmed that the U.S. maximum pressure campaign against the North will continue until Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons. 

[Sound bite: U.S. President Donald Trump]
“If I think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go. If the meeting, when I'm there is not fruitful, I will respectfully leave the meeting and will continue what we're doing or whatever it is that we'll continue but something will happen.”

The U.S. president also pledged that Washington is doing its best to secure the return of three American citizens being held in the North.

[Sound bite: U.S. President Donald Trump]
“We are likewise fighting very diligently to get the three American citizens back. I think there is a good chance of doing it, we're having very good dialogue. We will keep you informed. But we are in there and we are working very hard on that.”

He said abduction was a very important issue to him, because it was important to the Japanese prime minister and committed to also "work very hard" on the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the North. 

Earlier in the day, Trump also confirmed that Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo did in fact make a secret trip to North Korea and, according to the U.S. president, got along really well with Kim Jong-un. 

The remarks followed his tweet that the secretary of state-designate and the regime leader’s meeting “went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed." 
Alannah Hill, KBS World Radio News. 

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