President Donald Trump said Monday that Singapore and a facility inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean peninsula are under consideration as sites for his highly anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Speaking alongside Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari during a bilateral news conference at the White House, Trump confirmed the two locations as potential venues for talks between North Korea and U.S. officials.

"We're looking at various countries, including Singapore," the president said. "And we are also talking about the possibility of the DMZ."

The president, who initially floated the idea of hosting talks at the DMZ on Twitter earlier Monday, said the latter location would hold greater significance if U.S. and North Korean officials were able to come to terms on a diplomatic agreement to address tensions in the region.

"There's something that I like about it because you're there, you’re actually there, where if things work out, there's a great celebration to be had on the site, not in a third-party country," Trump said.

 

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