Trump, Kim Sign Joint Document After Summit In Singapore
Following a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, President Trump and Kim Jong Un signed a broad agreement, with the U.S. committing to a "new" diplomatic relationship with Pyongyang in exchange for leader Kim Jong Un's reaffirmation of his "firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."
However, it wasn't immediately clear whether the agreement went beyond diplomatic platitudes or the half-dozen previous agreements North Korea has signed promising to denuclearize. Nor is it clear the two sides have a common definition of exactly what "denuclearization" entails. But a flurry of diplomacy with regional allies is expected to begin now to work that out. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Seoul tomorrow to meet with his counterparts from South Korea and Japan.
At the signing ceremony, which followed a day of meetings at the Capella hotel on Singapore's Sentosa Island, Trump said denuclearization of the Korean peninsula would come "very, very soon" and Kim announced that "the world will see a major change."
But details — apart from what could be seen in photographs of the document that Trump held up for cameras — were not immediately available.
"We're very proud of what took place today," Trump said. "We both want to do something, we both are going to do something, and we've developed a very special bond."
"People are going to be very impressed, people are going to be very happy and we're going to deal with a very big and dangerous problem for the world," the president said as the two signed documents, the details of which were not immediately made public.
"It worked out for both of us better than any of us could have expected. This is going to lead to more and more and more. It's an honor to be with you, it's a great honor," he said to Kim.
Kim thanked Trump for making the summit possible. Asked whether he would invite Kim to the White House, Trump said, "Absolutely, I will." - Read More
Trump, Kim Sign Joint Document After Summit In Singapore
posted by Fakhria @ 6/12/2018
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