SHAFAQNA – The US and North Korean leaders have signed an agreement after historic talks held in Singapor, while Iran has warned North Korea that President Donald Trump is not a trustworthy negotiator.
Trump and Kim arrived in the signing room, walking in together and taking seats at the table.
Trump said the pair were signing a “very important document, a pretty comprehensive document.”
Kim said:”Today we have had a historic meeting, we decided to leave the past behind. The world will see a major change. I would like to express my gratitude to President Trump for making this meeting happen.”
After making statements, they shook hands and signed the documents .
Trump and Kim sign a “comprehensive” agreement at the conclusion of their summit in Singapore today.
It is still unclear what they have signed. Trump said that would become clear shortly and that he would “discuss this at great length” in a press conference later this afternoon, but that the document was “comprehensive”.
“A lot of goodwill went into this, a lot of work, a lot of preparation. We’re very proud of what took place today,” said Trump.
It is still unclear what they have signed. Trump said that would become clear shortly and that he would “discuss this at great length” in a press conference later this afternoon, but that the document was comprehensive .
“A lot of goodwill went into this, a lot of work, a lot of preparation. We’re very proud of what took place today,” said Trump.
Trump said the relationship between the world and North Korea was going to change in light of the agreement. “We are going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world,” said Trump .
Trump was asked if he and Kim had talked about denuclearisation and he replied: “We’re starting that process very quickly, very very quickly .”
Trump ignored a question about whether the pair had discussed about Otto Warmbier, the American college student who was held in a North Korean labour camp, and died shortly after being flown back to the US. Kim did not reply when asked if he was willing to give up nuclear weapons.
“We’re very proud of what took place today, said Trump. “I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the whole Korean peninsula is going going to be a very much different situation to what it has been in the past. We both want to do something, we’re both going to do something and we’ve developed a very special bond. I want to say thank you to Chairman Kim, we spent a lot of time together today, a very intensive time”, the guardian reports.
According to express, it will mark the first time the ruling leaders of North Korea and the US will have met since the establishment of the hermit state following the Korean War in the early 1950s.
Kim commits to ‘complete denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula’ in joint text .
“It’s pretty comprehensive,” Trump said about the document, adding that denuclearisation could begin “very quickly”.
Speaking about Kim, Trump said “we have developed a very special bond” and is “absolutely” willing to invite Kim to the White House .
“We’ll meet again … We will meet many times .”
He also said Kim was “a very talented man and he loves his country very much.
Kim said “today, we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind … The world will see a major change.
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and Malaysia were among those wishing for a successful summit between the US and North Korean leaders.
Hours before the Singapore summit starts, newsweek reported that Iran has warned North Korea that President Donald Trump is not a trustworthy negotiator.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said North Korea should ensure “awareness” of who they are dealing with. After Iran’s recent experience with the current administration, Ghasemi said the U.S. and Trump are viewed with “great pessimism.” He added that Americans are known for “quitting treaties and violating their commitments.”
Recently, Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry sharply criticized the Trump administration’s Iran policy, saying Trump has confirmed everything that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei feared about [trusting] America.