Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s president may travel to Singapore next month for a three-way summit with the US and North Korea, amid ongoing efforts to find a deal on denuclearisation and peace on the Korean peninsula.

The trip, if it goes ahead, would likely take place around 12 June, to follow on from a bilateral meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, the US president.

“The discussions are just getting started, so we are still waiting to see how they come out, but depending on their outcome, the president could join President Trump and Chairman Kim in Singapore,” a South Korean official told the Yonhap news agency.

The suggestion came as the June 12 summit, which was called off by President Trump on Thursday after Pyongyang called Vice President Mike Pence a “political dummy”, appeared to be back on track again following an impromptu meeting of the North and South Korean leaders over the weekend.

“I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen!” said Mr Trump in conciliatory tweet on Sunday.