Kim, Trump Agree to Continue 'productive Dialogues': Kcna

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump agreed to continue 'productive dialogues' to resolve issues raised at their second summit in Hanoi, Pyongyang's official news agency said Friday, a day after the talks ended without a written agreement.

The Korean Central News Agency also said the summit served as an important chance to deepen mutual respect and trust.

At the end of the talks, leader Kim said goodbye to Trump while 'promising the next meeting,' the report said without elaborating.

'They agreed to keep in close touch with each other for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the epochal development of the DPRK-U.

S relations in the future, too, and continue productive dialogues for settling the issues discussed at the Hanoi summit,' the KCNA said, referring to the North by its official name.

Kim 'expressed his thanks to Trump for making positive efforts for the successful meeting and talks while making a long journey and said goodbye, promising the next meeting,' the report said.

It, however, made no mention of the summit ending Thursday without a signed agreement.

The North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper also carried detailed reports on Thursday's talks, filling its entire front page with an article and a series of photos showing Kim and Trump smiling and shaking hands, but it didn't mention that the talks failed to produce a formal agreement.

After the two-day summit, Trump said the talks ended without a deal because Pyongyang demanded the...

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