Kim
Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs
Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander
of the Korean People's Army, held the summit meeting and talks with Donald J.
Trump, president of the United States of America, at Sentosa Island of
Singapore on June 12, 2018 for the first time in the histories of the two
countries.
Thanks
to the fixed decision and will of the top leaders of the two countries to put
an end to the extreme hostile relations between the DPRK and the U.S., which
lingered for the longest period on the earth on terms of acute confrontation
and to open up a new future for the sake of the interests of the peoples of the
two countries and global peace and security, the first DPRK-U.S. summit is to
be held.
Singapore,
the country of the epoch-making meeting much awaited by the whole world, was
awash with thousands of domestic and foreign journalists and a large crowd of
masses to see this day's moment which will remain long in history.
Kim
Jong Un left his lodging quarters at 8:10 a.m. local time and arrived at
Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island of Singapore, the venue of the talks.
Seen
standing at the lobby of the venue of the talks where the top leaders of the
DPRK and the U.S. will have the first meeting were the flags of the DPRK and
the U.S.
At
9:00 a.m. local time the respected Supreme Leader of the party, state and army
of the DPRK Kim Jong Un met and shook hands with U.S. President Donald J. Trump
for the first time.
The
top leaders of the two countries came to take their first step toward
reconciliation for the first time in the 70 odd years-long history of standoff
and antagonism since the division of the Korean Peninsula, and to stand face to
face at the venue of dialogue.
Chairman
Kim Jong Un had a souvenir photo taken with President Trump. The two top
leaders went to the conference room, having a familiar talk.
Tete-a-tete
talks were held between the two top leaders.
Noting
that it was not easy to get to where they were, Kim Jong Un made the meaningful
words there was a past that gripped their ankles and prejudice and wrong
practice covered their eyes and ears, but they overcame all that to come to
this place and stand at a new starting point.
The
two top leaders had a candid exchange of views on the practical issues of
weighty significance in putting an end to the decades-long hostile relations
between the DPRK and the U.S. and making peace and stability settle on the
Korean Peninsula.
Then
followed extended talks.
Present
there from the DPRK side were Kim Yong Chol and Ri Su Yong, vice-chairmen of
the Central Committee of the WPK, and Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.
Present
there from the U.S. side were Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, United States
National Security Advisor John Bolton and White House Chief of Staff John
Kelly.
There
was a comprehensive and in-depth discussion over the issues of establishing new
DPRK-U.S. relations and building a permanent and durable peace mechanism on the
Korean Peninsula at the talks.
Noting
that he is pleased to sit face-to-face with President Trump and the U.S. side's
delegation, Chairman Kim Jong Un highly praised the president's will and
enthusiasm to resolve matters in a realistic way through dialogue and
negotiations, away from the hostility-woven past.
Expressing
belief that the summit talks would lead to improvement of the DPRK-U.S.
relations, President Trump appreciated that an atmosphere of peace and
stability was created on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, although
distressed with the extreme danger of armed clash only a few months ago, thanks
to the proactive peace-loving measures taken by the respected Supreme Leader
from the outset of this year.
Noting
that many problems occurred due to deep-rooted distrust and hostility existing
between the two countries,
Kim
Jong Un said to achieve peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and realize
its denuclearization, the two countries should commit themselves to refraining
from antagonizing each other out of mutual understanding and take legal and
institutional steps to guarantee it.
He
also underlined the need for the DPRK and the U.S. to take practical measures
actively to carry out the issues discussed at the talks and the joint statement
at an early date.
Kim
Jong Un made an immediate agreement on Trump's proposal for recovering the
remains of American soldiers and repatriating those already identified and gave
an instruction to take a measure for settling it as early as possible.
Noting
that the building of lasting and durable peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean
Peninsula is of weighty significance in ensuring peace and security in the
region and the rest of the world, he said that it is urgent to make bold
decision on halting irritating and hostile military actions against each other.
Expressing
his understanding of it, Trump expressed his intention to halt the U.S.-south
Korea joint military exercises, which the DPRK side regards as provocation,
over a period of good-will dialogue between the DPRK and the U.S., offer
security guarantees to the DPRK and lift sanctions against it along with
advance in improving the mutual relationship through dialogue and negotiation.
Kim
Jong Un clarified the stand that if the U.S. side takes genuine measures for
building trust in order to improve the DPRK-U.S. relationship, the DPRK, too,
can continue to take additional good-will measures of next stage commensurate
with them.
Kim
Jong Un and Trump had the shared recognition to the effect that it is important
to abide by the principle of step-by-step and simultaneous action in achieving
peace, stability and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
That
day, a luncheon was given in honor of the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S.
and participants in the talks.
Exchanged
at the luncheon were views on further animating communication, contact and
visit between both sides to cement the achievements made at the DPRK-U.S. talks
and remarkably develop the DPRK-U.S. relations.
After
the luncheon, the top leaders had a walk, deepening friendly feelings.
Kim
Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, and Donald J.
Trump, president of the USA, signed a joint statement of the historic Singapore
summit talks.
Kim
Jong Un said that today both sides came to sign the historic joint statement
heralding a new start, passing the past over, stating that the world would
witness an important change.
Kim
Jong Un had a meaningful photo session with Trump to commemorate the signing of
the historic document and bade him farewell.
Chairman
Kim Jong Un and President Trump expressed expectation and belief that the two
countries which have lived in the quagmire of hostility, distrust and hatred
would pass the unhappy past over and dynamically advance toward an excellent
and proud future beneficial to each other and another new era, the era of the
DPRK-U.S. cooperation would open.
Kim
Jong Un invited Trump to visit Pyongyang at a convenient time and Trump invited
Kim Jong Un to visit the U.S.
The
two top leaders gladly accepted each other's invitation, convinced that it
would serve as another important occasion for improved DPRK-U.S. relations.
The
DPRK-U.S. summit talks held in Singapore with success amid enthusiastic support
and welcome of the whole world come to be a great event of weighty significance
in further promoting the historic trend toward reconciliation and peace,
stability and prosperity being created in the Korean Peninsula and the region
and in making a radical switchover in the most hostile DPRK-U.S. relations, as
required by the developing times.
