Trump pledges to end war games, Kim commits to denuclearization
Singapore, June 12 (IBNS): Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un concluded a remarkable nuclear summit on Tuesday with the US President pledging to put a freeze on "war games" with ally South Korea and Kim committing to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
President Trump said the US will stop "war games," an apparent reference to joint military exercises with South Korea that North Korea has long rebuked as provocative, CNN reported.
In a major turnaround in the relationship between the two nations, which had long been considered bitter enemies-both often exchanging spiteful rhetoric, the US President also described his bond with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his country as "special".
Both the leaders clasped hands, holding a one-on-one meeting, and expressed optimism throughout roughly five hours of talks.
Trump thanked Kim "for taking the first bold step toward a bright new future for his people."
During the brief media interaction, Kim said: "The world will see a major change."
Trump, on the other hand, was found praising the US' new friendly ties with North Korea.
Trump added that Kim has before him "an opportunity like no other" to bring his country back into the community of nations if he agrees to give up his nuclear programme.
Trump said he hopes the Korean War will finally end, more than 70 years after it began
Hinting at a change in bitter past relationship between the two nations, the US President said: "I am proud of what took place today. Our relationship will be very much different than what we had in the past."
"People will be very happy" Trump added.
The meeting took place between the two leaders after months of negotiations and dilemma.
This was for the first time that a sitting US president has ever met a North Korean leader.
Fresh development in the relationship between North Korea, South Korea and the US began recently when a North Korea delegation was invited to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
2017 witnessed US President Donald Trump slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as the Asian nation continued to conduct several of its missile tests, teasing world peace and tranquillity and often threatening to trigger a war.
The situation became far tensed when North Korea tested an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that the nation said was capable of striking US mainland.
The United Nations Security Council imposed strong new sanctions against the Asian nation after its Nov 29 launch of a nuclear-capable weapon.
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