Trump Calls North Korea A 'Big Problem,' But Claims It Will Be Resolved

North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat is seen as a major security challenge for the president.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, discussed North Korea during a meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday on the sidelines of the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, discussed North Korea during a meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday on the sidelines of the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7.
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TAORMINA, Italy (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that North Korea was a “big problem,” but assured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that issues surrounding the secretive Asian state would be resolved.

“It is very much on our minds... It’s a big problem, it’s a world problem and it will be solved. At some point it will be solved. You can bet on that,” Trump said sitting alongside Abe in a bilateral meeting ahead of a Group of Seven summit.

North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat is seen as a major security challenge for Trump, who has vowed to prevent the country from being able to hit the United States with a nuclear missile, a capability experts say Pyongyang could have some time after 2020.

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