North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a televised new year’s day address on Tuesday, making clear his will for talks with South Korea and America, and hinting a second summit with President Trump.

“Although we still have a long way to go,” said Kim, “I am extremely satisfied with how the two Koreas worked together to completely change our relationship from one of distrust and rivalry to one of trust and reconciliation, and how in such short amount of time, we have achieved incredible things we did not imagine would happen before. We must go on from the last year, which was splendidly filled with unprecedented events, and accomplish greater progress in 2019, on improvement of relationship, peace, prosperity, and reunification of the two Koreas.”

The young strongman has made large steps toward peace last year, which included meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump. However, North Korea’s refusal to completely destroy its nuclear programs until its economic sanctions are lifted, and America’s hesitation to remove sanctions until North Korea destroys its nuclear programs prevented progress. The recent cancellation of Chairman Kim’s visit to Seoul seemed to also signal difficulties in the diplomatic talks. Kim’s mostly-positive message, therefore, might provide the much-needed turning point in the talks.

“His declaration was the first of its kind from Pyongyang in a quarter-century,” said former State Department intelligence analyst Robert Carlin.

President Trump responded with positivity as well, tweeting, “I also look forward to meeting with Chairman Kim who realizes so well that North Korea possesses great economic potential!”