Trump says N. Korea seems sincere about talks

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believes North Korea is ‘sincere’ in its willingness to suspend nuclear tests while it holds possible talks with U.S. officials.

“I think they’re sincere also because the sanctions and what we’re doing with respect to North Korea, including you know, the great help that we’ve been given from China,” Trump said during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven of Sweden

Some U.S. and South Korean officials said a breakthrough on the Trump administration’s top national-security challenge remained unlikely after the failure of previous talks, adding that North Korea may be trying to buy time to develop its weapons programs and seek relief from punishing American and U.N. sanctions.

Trump has not said if he has any preconditions for talks. There was no immediate comment from Pyongyang.