June 12 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Sentosa Island, Singapore for a historic summit.
Here is the full text of their joint statement:
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 (DPRK)
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.-DPRK relations and the building of a lasting
and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK
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.-DPRK 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:
1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.-DPRK
relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two
countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK
commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA
remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already
identified.
Having acknowledged that the U.S.-DPRK summit -- the first in history
-- was an epochal event of great significance and overcoming decades of
tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening
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 DPRK commit to hold follow-on
negotiations led by the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.-DPRK 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.-DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace,
prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.
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