FROM EIR DAILY ALERT
President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un Issue Joint Statement in Singapore
June 12, 2018 (EIRNS)—Here is the statement issued by U.S. President Donald J. Trump and D.P.R.K. Chairman Kim Jong Un at their summit today:
Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit
Issued on: June 12, 2018
President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.-D.P.R.K. relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the D.P.R.K., and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.-D.P.R.K. relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:
- The United States and the D.P.R.K. commit to establish new U.S.-D.P.R.K. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
- The United States and the D.P.R.K. will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
- Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the D.P.R.K. commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
- The United States and the D.P.R.K. commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.
Having acknowledged that the U.S.-D.P.R.K. summit—the first in history—was an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening up of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit to implement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously. The United States and the D.P.R.K. commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level D.P.R.K. official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.-D.P.R.K. summit.
President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new U.S.-D.P.R.K. relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.
Donald J. Trump
President of the United States of America
Kim Jong Un
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
June 12, 2018
Sentosa Island
Singapore
