![]() Top aides will join them for the formal talks later, and they will most likely include Mr Pompeo and Mr Bolton, as well as Mr Kim's sister, Ms Kim Yo Jong, and top aide and former spy chief Kim Yong Chol. Mr Trump on Saturday said he believes he would know "within the first minute" of meeting Mr Kim if the North Korean leader is serious about surrendering his nuclear arsenal. Media reports earlier quoted sources as saying the two men will meet briefly, with just their interpreters but no aides in the room. "We can expect a one-on-one at the beginning," NSC spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters in Singapore on Monday. A peace treaty ending the 1950-53 Korean War may also be on the table.īefore sitting down for talks on Tuesday, Mr Trump intends to meet one on one with Mr Kim, the White House said. Mr Kim is likely to ask for a security guarantee and the easing of sanctions in return, say analysts. Top of the agenda is Pyongyang's complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation. Meanwhile, diplomats from the US and North Korea met behind closed doors at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore hotel, in a bid to narrow their differences ahead of the summit between Mr Trump and Mr Kim on Tuesday morning.įormer US special representative for North Korea policy Sung Kim, who has been leading the US in talks with North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the border truce village of Panmunjom since last month, is said to be continuing the discussions with his counterpart in Singapore. He retracted his endorsement of the major economic powers' joint communique while on his way to Singapore. Mr Trump landed at Paya Lebar Air Base just the night before, after attending the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Canada. He said he was also confident about the Summit with North Korea."Īdded Ms Kartika Johnson, 45, who attended the event as a relative of a US embassy staff: "He made us feel appreciated." Said Mr Liam Gimon, an American who worked in Singapore as a criminal intelligence officer at Interpol for the past two years: "The president was very thankful for all the preparations Americans in Singapore - especially the embassy staff - has been putting in. Mr Trump also described the lunch with his Singapore hosts as positive, and told the crowd he looked forward to the summit on Tuesday. At about 2.15pm, he gave a 20-minute speech to about 200 to 250 servicemen, embassy staff and Americans working here, thanking the embassy staff for their preparations for the summit, according to some attendees at the closed session. Mr Trump held a meet-and-greet session at Shangri-la Hotel after his engagement at the Istana. The US position remains clear and unchanged." ![]() ![]() The President is well-prepared for tomorrow's engagement with Chairman Kim. "We have had substantive and detailed meetings to date, including this morning with the North Koreans. Mr Pompeo, in a statement after the working lunch, said Mr Trump and the entire US team are looking forward to Tuesday's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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