Trump shows off the signed document (Photo credit: Pool)
2018-06-12
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SULAIMANI — US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a document on Tuesday (June 12) agreeing to "security guarantees," "complete denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula" in talks in Singapore, according to AFP.
Earlier, Trump said that the summit had gone “better than anybody could have expected.”
Precise details on what was meant by "complete denuclearisation" in the document signed on Tuesday morning were not immediately available, but Trump promised to reveal them at a press conference due to take place in the coming hours.
After signing the document, the two leaders appear together on the steps outside the Capella Hotel, where the talks had been held.
“We had a terrific day and we learned a lot about each other and our countries,” said Trump. Asked what he learned about Kim, Trump said: “I learned he’s a very talented man and I also learned he loves his country very much.
They then enjoyed another extended handshake.
“We’ll meet many times,” Trump said before leaving the steps.
Many Korean affairs and arms control analysts appeared to be underwhelmed by the texts.
Chad O'Carroll, CEO of Korea Risk Group, tweeted after images of the document were released: “This is a type of vision document that many said might be agreed to, leaving deliverables in hands of specialists.”
Robert E Kelly, a Professor of Political Science at Pusan National University, tweeted: “Wow. If this is it... this is depressing. This is even thinner than most skeptics anticipated. I figured Trump [would] at least get some missiles or a site closure or something concrete…This looks pretty generic.”
The two leaders began the day with a 48-minute one-on-one meeting with only translators present in the room.
Afterwards, the talks expanded to include a number of advisors for both sides. Notable Americans included Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton and Ambassador Sung Kim, who is the current envoy to the Philippines and a former US ambassador to Seoul.
The North Korean officials who were present were Kim Yong-chol, Ri Yong-ho, and Kim’s sister Kim Yo-jong.
The group then sat down for a working lunch before Trump and Kim took a short one-on-one walk together before announcing that they would participate in the previously unannounced signing ceremony.
(NRT/Agencies)
This story was updated at 1012 EBL.
