President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have ended their summit by signing a historic agreement.
Jun 12, 2018, 7:32 AM UTC
President Donald Trump holds up the document that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just signed at the Capella hotel on Singapore’s Sentosa island on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have ended their historic summit by signing an agreement committing to work together to “build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.”
In the joint declaration, Kim pledges to “work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”; in return, President Trump “commits to provide security guarantees to the DPRK.” (DPRK stands for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the formal name of North Korea.)
Both sides also agree to hold follow-up negotiations “at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.-DPRK summit.”
The two leaders signed the document at the end of a nearly five-hour summit at the Capella hotel on Singapore’s Sentosa island.
Here is the full text of the agreement they signed, as released by the White House.
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
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 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 DPRK commit to hold follow-up 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.
