DONALD Trump and Kim Jong-un’s historic summit ended today with the pair signing an historic agreement where the US president promised America would not attack North Korea if the despot leader worked towards denuclearising the Korean Peninsula.
Trump Kim summit: The leaders have agreed on working towards denuclearising the Korean Peninsula
Photographs of the agreement signed by both leaders, who have now left Sentosa, reveal Kim Jong-un "reaffirmed his unwavering committment" to denuclearisation.
The crackpot leader promised the "world will see a major change".
The document reads: “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 US-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 denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.”
The document is broken down into four key points, saying: “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 towards the 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."
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GETTYKim Jong un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula
The leaders also agreed to implement their agreement at the "earliest possible date".
They said the summit aimed to work towards the "promotion of peace, prosperty and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world".
The agreement said "Having acknowledged that the US-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 US 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 US-DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world."
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