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President Donald Trump landed in Singapore on Sunday evening, joining North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ahead of the highly anticipated summit. Air Force One touched down at Paya Lebar military air base at 8:21 pm local time and was greeted by Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Arriving a few hours after Kim, Trump and his team had travelled straight from the G7 in Canada. Donald Trump has landed in Singapore ahead of a highly anticipated summit with Kim Jong-un.
Hours earlier, Kim arrived at Changi airport on an Air China jet, amid a huge security presence that included two decoy flights. After shaking hands with the Singapore foreign minister, Kim sped through the city’s streets in a large limousine, two large North Korean flags fluttering on the hood, surrounded by other black vehicles with tinted windows and bound for his hotel. Air Force One touched down at Paya Lebar airbase at 8.21pm (1321 BST) and the US president was greeted by Singapore’s foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishnan. Trump and his team, who arrived a few hours after the North Korean leader, had travelled straight from the G7 summit in Canada.
Kim smiled broadly on Sunday evening as he met the Singapore prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.“The entire world is watching the historic summit between [North Korea] and the United States of America, and thanks to your sincere efforts ... we were able to complete the preparations for the historic summit,” Kim told Lee through an interpreter. Kim arrived at Changi airport on an Air China jet, with a huge security presence that included two decoy flights. After shaking hands with Balakrishnan, Kim was driven through the city to his hotel in a limousine with two North Korean flags on the bonnet, surrounded by other black vehicles with tinted windows.
Kim smiled broadly on Sunday as he met the Singaporean prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong. “The entire world is watching the historic summit between [North Korea] and the United States of America, and thanks to your sincere efforts … we were able to complete the preparations for the historic summit,” Kim told Lee through an interpreter.
Trump has said he will know within a minute of meeting Kim whether the summit can succeed.
Trump said on Saturday he would know within a minute of meeting Kim if Tuesday’s summit was going to work. The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, the national security adviser, John Bolton, the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, and the press secretary, Sarah Sanders, are believed to have travelled with the president.
Mike Pompeo, the national security adviser, John Bolton, the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, and the White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders are believed to have travelled with the president. Kim is staying at the St Regis hotel during the summit, which is being held at the Capella hotel on the island of Sentosa.
Key discussion points will be North Korea’s nuclear weapons and the pursuit of peace on the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang has spent decades developing nuclear weapons, culminating in the test of a thermonuclear device last year. It also successfully tested missiles that could reach the US mainland.
Kim is staying at the St Regis hotel during the summit, which is being held at the Capella hotel on the small island of Sentosa. The tests took place during a campaign of “maximum pressure”, led by the US that tightened economic sanctions against North Korea and raised the possibility of military action.
In a new year address, Kim said North Korea had finished developing its nuclear arsenal and would focus on the economy, suggesting a meeting with South Korea.
After a flurry of contacts between the countries, officials in Seoul suggested to Trump in March that Kim would be willing to meet face to face.
The summit comes after weeks of discussions and was briefly cancelled following an exchange of menacing statements.
Key discussion points at the summit are North Korea’s nuclear weapons and peace on the Korean peninsula. North Korea spent decades developing nuclear weapons, culminating in the test of a thermonuclear device in 2017. It also successfully tested missiles that could reach the US mainland.
The tests came amid a campaign of “maximum pressure”, led by the US that tightened economic sanctions against North Korea and raised the possibility of military action.
In a New Year’s address, Kim said his country had completed development of its nuclear programme and would focus on economic development, suggesting a meeting with South Korea.
After a flurry of contacts between the two Koreas, South Korean officials suggested to Trump in March that Kim would be willing to meet face-to-face.
The summit comes after weeks of sometimes-contentious discussions and was briefly cancelled amid North Korean outrage over messaging from some US advisers.
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