President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that North Korea's decision to end its nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and close its atomic test site was "big progress."
"This is very good news for North Korea and the world," Trump said in his post, adding: "Look forward to our summit."
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said that Pyongyang would take the steps in a statement from the official KCNA news agency.
"As the weaponization of nuclear weapons has been verified, it is not necessary for us to conduct any more nuclear tests or test launches of mid- and long-range missiles or ICBMs," Kim told a ruling party meeting.
"The northern nuclear test site has completed its mission," he added at the gathering of the central committee of the Workers' Party, KCNA reported.
Kim's statement came a day after President Trump declared that the United States was prepared to walk away from a meeting with the North Korean leader if talks were not "fruitful."
"If I think it's not going to be a meeting that will be fruitful, we're not going to go," Trump told reporters at a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
"If the meeting is not fruitful when I'm there, I will leave the meeting," the president said.
"I like always remaining flexible — and I will remain flexible here."
Trump and Kim now are now expected to meet in late May or June.
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