WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is open to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to discuss his nuclear program, but only under certain conditions, the White House said Friday.
"We're not going to have this meeting take place until we see concrete actions that match the words and the rhetoric of North Korea," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.
Sanders made her comment in response to questions about whether Trump had agreed too quickly to a summit meeting _ a long-sought goal for the North Koreans _ without getting much in return.
Asked what the White House had in mind, Sanders listed North Korea's promise to denuclearize, stop nuclear and missile testing and recognize the right of regular military exercises between the U.S. and its ally South Korea.
But she sidestepped the question of whether the president believes Kim is a trustworthy negotiating partner.
"We're not in the negotiation right now," she told reporters in an afternoon briefing. "We've accepted the invitation to talk based on them following through with concrete actions on the promises that they've made."
