United States President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, during their historic summit in Singapore, pledged to work towards complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
The joint statement signed at the end of their historic summit in Singapore gave few details on how either goal would be achieved but Trump fleshed out some details at a news conference.
The new relations between the U.S and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are expected to contribute greatly to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the creation of new diplomatic relationship.
According to the agreement, the U.S and DPRK:
- Agree to commit in establishment of new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
- To join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
- Reaffirm the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
- To commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.
According to Trump, the process of denuclearization is expected to begin “very, very quickly”. The U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials would thereafter follow-up negotiations with DPRK “at the earliest possible date”.
Trump told the news conference that the process would be verified, and that the verification “will involve having a lot of people in North Korea”.
Further, Trump said that Kim Jong-Un agreed to destroy a major engine-testing site used for missiles but insisted that international sanctions on Pyongyang would stay in place for now.
Military operations with South Korea would also be halted, saving Washington a tremendous of money with no plans of revival “unless and until we see the future negation is not going along lie it should”, President Trump.
