President Trump and Kim Jong Un Just Agreed to Work Toward Denuclearization Read the Full Text Here
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un concluded their historic summit in Singapore Tuesday by signing a joint document that included a pledge to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.", The document, which hailed the summit as an "epochal event of great significance," is broken down into four bullet point resolutions, including unspecified "security guarantees" from the U.S. in exchange for a "firm and unwavering commitment" from North Korea to pursue "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," the White House confirmed. The leaders also agreed to commit to recovering and repatriating the remains of prisoners of war. Trump described the "comprehensive" document as "very important," and the leaders signed English and Korean copies. The paper affirmed intentions to "establish new U.S.-DPRK relations" and agreed to future negotiations "at the earliest possible date." The two countries are still technically at war since an armistice rather than a peace agreement ended the Korean War in 1953, and the two nations do not have formal diplomatic relations. , America's goal for North Korea is complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. Kim had offered to discuss denuclearization in April, but North Korea threatened to cancel the summit late last month over concerns that giving up nucelar weapons was the only item on a "one-sided" negotiating agenda. Read more Why Negotiating With North Korea Was Never Going to Be Easy, Read the full document below