He is said to be Kim Jong-un’s favorite in the US presidential election

Kim Jong-un leads North Korea. KCNA

Senior North Korean diplomat Li Yikui He defected to South Korea earlier this year with his wife and children. He is the most notable North Korean diplomat to defect since 2016, according to media reports.

Now Ri tells BBC:lleThat Donald Trump’s A return to the U.S. presidency would be a “once-in-a-millennium opportunity” for North Korea, which still sees Trump as someone it can negotiate with on its nuclear weapons program.

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Trump said at a campaign event last month that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un I hope he will be president of the United States again.

– I think he missed me, if you want to know the truth, Trump said. Weekly newspaper go through.

Trump claimed in the same speech that his administration had stopped North Korea’s missile launches during his presidency but is now taking action again.

Instead, Lee suspected that North Korea intended to exploit its close relationship for its own gain.

– It might try to agree that the United States would lift sanctions on North Korea in exchange for freezing its nuclear weapons program.

Lee believes this is just a phase and is “100 percent fraud” that will only lead to North Korea’s increased strength.

North Korea allegedly does not care who wins the upcoming U.S. election, according to the country’s state media Report Early July.

Lee met Kim several times

According to media reports, before his defection, Lee worked as a counselor in charge of political relations at the North Korean Embassy in Cuba.

Lee said he had met the North Korean leader face to face seven times. He admitted that he felt “shaky” when he first met his manager. Despite this, Kim Jong-un appeared smiling and in good spirits during each meeting.

– He often compliments others and laughs. “He looks like an ordinary person,” Ri Yong-ho described the North Korean leader.