US President Donald Trump says
the historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday had gone
“better than anybody could have expected”.
He also said they would sign a
document following talks on ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula.
Kim stood silently alongside
Trump as he spoke to media during a post-lunch stroll through the gardens of
the Singapore hotel where the summit was held, but the North Korean leader had
earlier described their meeting as “a good prelude to peace”.
Both men walked to Trump’s
limousine and looked in at the rear seat, with Trump apparently showing Kim
something inside.
They then resumed their walk.
“A lot of progress – really very
positive. I think better than anybody could have expected. Top of the line,
very good.
“We’re going now for a signing,”
Trump told journalists, without giving details on what would be signed.
Should they succeed in making a
diplomatic breakthrough, it could bring lasting change to the security
landscape of northeast Asia, like the visit of former US President Richard
Nixon to China in 1972 led to the transformation of China.
Both men had looked serious as
they got out of their limousines for the summit at the Capella hotel on
Singapore’s Sentosa, a resort island with luxury hotels, a casino, manmade
beaches and a Universal Studios theme park.
But, with cameras of the world’s
press trained on them, they displayed an initial atmosphere of bonhomie as they
met on the verandah of the Capella, a refurbished 19th century British
regimental officers’ mess.
After a handshake, they were soon
smiling and holding each other by the arm, before Trump guided Kim to the
library where they held a meeting with only their interpreters.
Trump had said on Saturday he
would know within a minute of meeting Kim whether he would reach a deal.
Inside, they sat alongside each
other against a backdrop of North Korean and US flags, with Kim beaming broadly
as the US president gave him a thumbs up.
The combatants of the 1950 to
1953 Korean War are technically still at war, as the conflict, in which
millions of people died, was concluded only with a truce.
After initial exchanges lasting
around 40 minutes, Trump and Kim emerged, walking side-by-side through the
colonnaded hotel before entering a meeting room, where they were joined by
their most senior officials.
Kim was heard telling Trump
through a translator: “I think the entire world is watching this moment.
“Many people in the world will
think of this as a scene from a fantasy…science fiction movie.”
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