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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