In 1994, President Bill Clinton wanted Carter's help in a North Korea peace mission. Carter negotiated an understanding with Kim Il-sung, with whom he went on to outline a treaty. Carter traveled to North Korea to help the release of Aijalon Gomes in August 2010, successfully negotiating his release. In 2017, Carter said that he had offered himself to the Trump administration as a diplomatic envoy to North Korea to help create a peace treaty.