The Trump administration is still preparing for next month's summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — and "as the president says, if it happens, we'll certainly be ready," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday.
"We're continuing to prepare for the meeting between the president and the North Korean leader," Sanders told reporters.
She said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was meeting with Trump as the daily press briefing occurred and he would be heading to New York later Wednesday for two days of talks with Pyongyang officials on the June 12 summit.
"The conversation is going to be focused on denuclearization of the peninsula," Sanders said. "That's what these ongoing conversations taking place now will be centered on, as well as this summit that would take place in Singapore.
"We're going to continue as long as that is part of the discussion," she added. "We're going to continue to shoot for the June 12."
Sanders declined to say whether the Trump had set a deadline on a decision on whether to attend the meeting in Singapore.
"We are preparing and expect that to take place on June 12 — and we'll be ready if it does happen on June 12.
"If it's not, we'll be ready if it takes place on July 12."
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