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North Korea willing to meet with the U.S. at any time

Wires are crossing that North Korea are willing to meet with U.S. at any time:

  • North Korea expresses regret over us cancellation of the summit.

This follows Funda-FX wrap: Trump's letter to Kim cancelling the what would have been historic summit

It was announced around the London close that Trump had sent a letter to the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, cancelling the meeting. Letter as follows, ( the letter was written entirely in his own words, a senior administration official said):

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