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Monday, March 04, 2019

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Has Chat and Dinnerwith President Donald J. Trump


Pyongyang,  February 28  (KCNA)  --  Supreme  Leader of  the  Party,   state and  army   Kim  Jong   Un,  chairman of  the  Workers'  Party  of  Korea  and chairman of the  State Affairs Commission of the  Democratic People's Republic of Korea,  had a meeting,  one-on-one chat and  dinner with  Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America.
The historic  second DPRK-U.S.  summit and  talks began  in Hanoi,  Vietnam thanks to the  ardent wishes, active efforts and  extraordinary determination of the top leaders of the DPRK and the  USA to end the evil cycle of confrontation and antagonism and  keep pace with the era  of peace and prosperity  that has newly arrived.
The historic second meeting of the top leaders of the two countries began at 18:30, February 27, local time, followed by one-on-one chat and dinner. Kim Jong  Un arrived at Metropole Hotel, the place of the meeting with the president of the USA, on his car, escorted by guard vehicles.
The national flags  of the DPRK  and the USA were  displayed side by side  in La Veranda conference  room of Metropole Hotel  where the top leaders  of the two countries were slated to meet. Kim  Jong  Un met  Donald  J.  Trump  in  8  months  and  exchanged  firm handshakes with him.
They had a photo taken against the national flags of the two countries. The top  leaders of  the two  countries who deepened  their friendly  feelings through  the Singapore  summit last  year  and such  occasions  as subsequent exchanges of  several  personal letters  exchanged warm  greetings  and made well-wishing remarks.
Kim   Jong  Un said   that  mistrust,   misunderstanding,  hostility  and   old practices tried  to stop our  ways but we broke  and overcame all  of them and again walked towards each other to finally  reach Hanoi in 260 days. He added that this period  required lots of  deep thinking, efforts and  patience than ever before and that excellent results wished by all will be made  in the talks and he would do his best to this end.
President   Trump   said   that   he   was    honored   and   happy   to   meet Chairman   Kim Jong Un again  and that he was sure  that the talks would be very successful,   noting they had very nice relations with each other.
Then  they  had  one-on-one  pleasant chat  to  have  a  candid  and  honest dialogue. At the end of the one-on-one chat, they had a social dinner. Present there from the DPRK side were Kim  Yong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Committee  of  the Workers'  Party of  Korea, and  Ri Yong  Ho,  foreign minister, and from  the U.S. side were  Mike Pompeo, secretary of  State of the U.S., and Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff.
The dinner was held  in an amicable atmosphere with  the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. and  other figures of the two countries  sat at a round table in a  friendly way.  At the  dinner,  considerable progress  made in  the bilateral relations after the  Singapore summit were highly appreciated  and sincere and deep  opinions were  exchanged  with  a  view to  making  comprehensive  and epoch-making results in the talks in order to meet the interest and expectation of the whole world for the successful Hanoi summit.
Kim Jong Un said goodbye to Trump after the dinner. Kim Jong Un completed the first-day  schedule of the historic second DPRK-U.S. summit talks and left for Melia Hotel.
The top leaders of the two countries will continue their summit on  Thursday.

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