North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met for their historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, a first ever meeting between a US President and the leader of the isolated Asian nation.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met for their historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, a first ever meeting between a US President and the leader of the isolated Asian nation.
The two leaders shook hand with the flags of the two countries in the background at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa, a resort island off Singapore's port with luxury hotels, a Universal Studios theme park and man-made beaches. island, a resort. Television images showed Kim's motorcade arriving later.
The history-making handshake came after a flurry of diplomatic overtures that eased tension between the US and North Korea. US officials hope that the meeting could eventually lead to the dismantling of a North Korean nuclear programme that threatens the United States.
Before the meeting, Trump tweeted that staff-level meetings between the United States and North Korea were going "well and quickly."
He added, "In the end, that doesn't matter. We will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen!"
The combatants of the 1950-53 Korean War are technically still at war, as the conflict, in which millions of people died, was concluded only with a truce.
One of the world's most reclusive leaders, Kim visited Singapore's waterfront on Monday, smiling and waving to onlookers, adding to a more affable image that has emerged since his April summit with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in.
The Swiss-educated leader, who is believed to be 34, has not left his isolated country since taking office in 2011, apart from visiting China and the South Korean side of the border Demilitarised Zone, which separates the two Koreas.
Just a few months ago, Kim was an international pariah accused of ordering the killing of his uncle, a half-brother and scores of officials suspected of disloyalty.
(Wirh Reuters inputs)
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