韩国称特朗普将不晚于今年5月会晤金正恩

US president Donald Trump has agreed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May after the latter extended an invitation and offered to suspend nuclear and missile tests, following months of tension between the two countries.

在朝鲜领导人金正恩(Kim Jong Un)发出会面邀请并提出要暂停核及导弹试验后，美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)已同意不晚于今年5月与金正恩会晤。数月来，美朝关系一直陷入紧张。

The surprise announcement came from Chung Eui-yong, South Korea’s national security director, on White House grounds following high-level talks.

这一出人意料的声明是由韩国国家安全室室长郑义溶(Chung Eui-yong)在白宫进行完高级别会谈后宣布的。

“President Trump officiated the briefing and said he would meet Kim by May to achieve permanent denuclearisation,” Mr Chung told reporters outside the White House.

“特朗普总统主持了吹风会，并表示将不晚于5月会晤金正恩，以实现永久去核，”郑义溶在白宫外对记者们说。

The announcement marks a breakthrough in communications after the two leaders have traded threats of nuclear war over twitter and television for months.

这一声明标志着美朝两国在沟通上的突破。此前数月，这两个国家的领导人一直通过Twitter或电视向对方发出核战争威胁。

But while senior US officials have welcomed the potential opening with polite caution in public, they remain deeply sceptical about the prospects for any deal.

不过，尽管美国高级官员在公开场合以礼貌的谨慎态度对这一可能的机会表示出欢迎，但他们对达成协议的前景仍深感怀疑。

“In terms of direct talks with the United States ... we’re a long ways from negotiations,” US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said earlier on the Thursday from Addis Ababa, in the midst of his Africa tour.

“就与美国直接对话而言……我们离谈判还有很长的路要走，”正在非洲访问的美国国务卿雷克斯•蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)周四早些时候在亚的斯亚贝巴说。