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12 June 2018, 09:16

Trump, Kim hold historic summit in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 12 June (BelTA –Yonhap) - U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, a historic opportunity to peacefully end the North Korean nuclear threat. The summit began at 9 a.m. on the resort island of Sentosa.

The two held a 45-minute one-on-one meeting and then moved to expanded bilateral talks involving their top aides. Trump told reporters the first sit-down was "very, very good" and called their relationship "excellent." He added that the two of them would "solve a big problem, a big dilemma."

Denuclearization was sure to top the agenda.The U.S. seeks the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of the North's nuclear weapons program, whereas the North advocates a broader definition that also includes the removal of the U.S. nuclear umbrella over South Korea and Japan.

After it Trump, Kim sign agreement following historic summit. North Korean leader said that the world will see a 'great change'.

Trump mentioned that denuclearization process to begin 'very quickly'.

The meeting with the North Korean leader was "better than anyone expected," the US president said. He also want to invite Kim to visit White House.

The on-again, off-again summit was reinstated on June 1 after an envoy of Kim's brought Trump a personal letter from the North Korean leader. Trump had called off the meeting the previous week, citing "open hostility" from the regime.

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