SEOUL, Oct 16 — US President Donald Trump is expected to arrive in South Korea on Oct 29 for the upcoming APEC summit, South Korea’s presidential office said Thursday.

The US president is expected to be “arriving on the 29th”, an official from the office told AFP.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is also expected to make an appearance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which runs until Nov 1.

Last week, Trump threatened to scrap a planned meeting with Xi at the forum, in retaliation for Beijing imposing export curbs on rare-earth technologies.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, however, told CNBC Wednesday that Trump still planned to meet Xi.

Seoul has also said a meeting between the United States and North Korea on the sidelines of the forum “cannot be ruled out”.

Trump has said he hopes to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again, possibly this year, while Pyongyang has said Kim is open to future talks under certain circumstances.

The pair met three times during Trump’s first term, but ultimately failed to secure a lasting agreement on North Korea’s nuclear programme. — AFP