Trump congratulates Kim Jong Un on managing coronavirus in North Korea – Sky News, Sky.com

It also said that, despite good personal relations between the leaders, “if impartiality and balance are not provided and unilateral and greedy intention is not taken away, the bilateral relations will continue to aggravate”.

It is unclear when the letter was received.

A senior Trump administration official confirmed Mr Trump had sent the letter, adding that it was “consistent with his efforts to engage global leaders during the ongoing ( C OVID – ) pandemic “.

The official added that Mr Trump was looking forward to continued communication with the North Korean dictator.

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The two leaders have met at three summits, the most recent in June last year, but there have been little progress towards getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, one of the US’s main goals.

North Korea’s aim is to get the US to lift economic sanctions.

Meanwhile, it continues to conduct weapons tests, the latest being the launch of a series of missiles in the past few days.