<p class="title rtejustify">South Korea's president Moon Jae-in says US President Donald Trump told him he has a "very friendly view" of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and wants to grant his wishes if he denuclearises.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">North Korea has sought security guarantees from the US and relief from international sanctions.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">President Moon Jae-in's office quoted Moon as saying that Trump asked him to convey those messages to the North Korean leader if he visits Seoul this year as he promised.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon spoke to reporters on Saturday aboard his presidential plane en route to New Zealand from Argentina, where he met Trump on the sidelines of a Group of 20 Nations summit.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"President Trump asked me to forward to (Kim) these messages; he has a very friendly view of Chairman Kim Jong-un and likes him.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He hopes to fully carry out the remaining agreements (from their June summit in Singapore) together with him so that he will make Chairman Kim Jong-un get what he wants," Moon said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon said he and Trump agreed during their meeting that Kim's trip to Seoul would play a "very positive role" in US-North Korea nuclear diplomacy.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon said it's still unclear whether Kim will visit Seoul by the end of this year, and that it's up to the North Korean leader.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon, who has facilitated a series of high-level talks between the United States and North Korea including the Trump-Kim summit, has met Kim three times this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">After their third meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, in September, Moon said Kim agreed to make a reciprocal visit to Seoul this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Their two previous summits were held at the countries' shared border village of Panmunjom.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">If Kim, a third-generation hereditary ruler, visits Seoul, he would be the first North Korean leader do so since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Two previous South Korean presidents visited Pyongyang to meet with Kim's late father, Kim Jong-Il.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">After sharply raising tensions with nuclear and missile tests last year, Kim Jong Un abruptly reached out to Moon and Trump with a vague nuclear disarmament pledge.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Subsequent nuclear diplomacy hasn't made headway since the US-North Korea summit in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Trump said on Air Force One while returning to Washington from Argentina that his next meeting with Kim Jong-un would likely happen in January or February. He said there were three sites under consideration, but declined to name them.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">South Korea's president Moon Jae-in says US President Donald Trump told him he has a "very friendly view" of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and wants to grant his wishes if he denuclearises.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">North Korea has sought security guarantees from the US and relief from international sanctions.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">President Moon Jae-in's office quoted Moon as saying that Trump asked him to convey those messages to the North Korean leader if he visits Seoul this year as he promised.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon spoke to reporters on Saturday aboard his presidential plane en route to New Zealand from Argentina, where he met Trump on the sidelines of a Group of 20 Nations summit.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"President Trump asked me to forward to (Kim) these messages; he has a very friendly view of Chairman Kim Jong-un and likes him.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He hopes to fully carry out the remaining agreements (from their June summit in Singapore) together with him so that he will make Chairman Kim Jong-un get what he wants," Moon said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon said he and Trump agreed during their meeting that Kim's trip to Seoul would play a "very positive role" in US-North Korea nuclear diplomacy.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon said it's still unclear whether Kim will visit Seoul by the end of this year, and that it's up to the North Korean leader.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Moon, who has facilitated a series of high-level talks between the United States and North Korea including the Trump-Kim summit, has met Kim three times this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">After their third meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, in September, Moon said Kim agreed to make a reciprocal visit to Seoul this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Their two previous summits were held at the countries' shared border village of Panmunjom.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">If Kim, a third-generation hereditary ruler, visits Seoul, he would be the first North Korean leader do so since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Two previous South Korean presidents visited Pyongyang to meet with Kim's late father, Kim Jong-Il.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">After sharply raising tensions with nuclear and missile tests last year, Kim Jong Un abruptly reached out to Moon and Trump with a vague nuclear disarmament pledge.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Subsequent nuclear diplomacy hasn't made headway since the US-North Korea summit in June.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Trump said on Air Force One while returning to Washington from Argentina that his next meeting with Kim Jong-un would likely happen in January or February. He said there were three sites under consideration, but declined to name them.</p>