US Optimistic Over Singapore Summit
US President Donald Trump has said that he was optimistic about the North Korea-US Summit, when he is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Singapore’s Sentosa Island.
Indian artist Sudarshan Pattnaik, 65, finishes a sand sculpture depicting US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Puri Beach, some 65 kilometers away from Bhubaneswar, on June 11, 2018, ahead of the US-North Korea summit. The two leaders met on June 12 for an unprecedented summit in an attempt to address the last festering legacy of the Cold War, with the US president calling it a "one time shot" at peace.
SINGAPORE, KOMPAS – US President Donald Trump has said that he was optimistic about the North Korea-United States Summit on Tuesday (12/6/2018), when he is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Singapore’s Sentosa Island. He expressed his hope that the meeting would go well and in line with Washington’s wishes. According to Trump, the United States has prepared a special security guarantee for North Korea if Pyongyang was willing to start a verified and irreversible complete denuclearization program.
Trump made the statement on Monday (11/6/2018) after his bilateral meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The meeting at the Istana in Singapore was 45 minutes long and ended with a luncheon, at which Trump was presented with a birthday cake. He will celebrate his 72nd birthday on June 14. “We have a very interesting meeting in particular [on Tuesday], and I think things can work out very nicely,” said Trump.