2018 North Korea?United States summit

The North Korea?United States summit was a planned meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States that took place on June 12, 2018 in Singapore . ^[1]

The White House confirmed the meeting between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un on 8 March 2018. This was the first time that a sitting U.S. president met the leader of North Korea since the Korean War .

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that "in the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain." ^[2]

Kim talked about preparations for the meeting in remarks to the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea on April 9. ^[3]^[4]

On May 10, Trump announced that the summit will be held on June 12, 2018 in Singapore. ^[5]^[6]^[7] It was announced after the release of 3 American hostages by North Korea.

References [ change | change source ]

↑ Nakamura, David; Wagner, John (May 10, 2018). "Trump announces June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader" . The Washington Post . Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
↑ Richardson, Matt (2018-03-08). "Trump will accept Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet, White House says" . Fox News . Retrieved 2018-03-09 .
↑ Smith, Nicola (12 March 2018). "North Korea silent on meeting with Donald Trump" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 12 March 2018 .
↑ Cheng, Jonathan. "North Korea's Kim Jong Un breaks silence, confirms summit with Trump" .
↑ May Choon, Chang (5 May 2018). "Singapore is 'strongest' candidate to host Trump-Kim summit in mid-June: South Korean daily" . The Straits Times . Retrieved 5 May 2018 .
↑ CNN, Will Ripley, Ralph Ellis and Ben Westcott. "Kim agrees to meet Trump at DMZ, source says" . CNN . {{ cite web }}: |last= has generic name ( help ) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )
↑ Cohn, Alicia (1 May 2018). "Trump says plans to meet North Korean leader coming in next 'couple of days' " . TheHill .

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[1] Nakamura, David; Wagner, John (May 10, 2018). "Trump announces June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader" . The Washington Post . Retrieved May 10, 2018 .

[2] Richardson, Matt (2018-03-08). "Trump will accept Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet, White House says" . Fox News . Retrieved 2018-03-09 .

[3] Smith, Nicola (12 March 2018). "North Korea silent on meeting with Donald Trump" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 12 March 2018 .

[4] Cheng, Jonathan. "North Korea's Kim Jong Un breaks silence, confirms summit with Trump" .

[Singapore-5] May Choon, Chang (5 May 2018). "Singapore is 'strongest' candidate to host Trump-Kim summit in mid-June: South Korean daily" . The Straits Times . Retrieved 5 May 2018 .

[6] CNN, Will Ripley, Ralph Ellis and Ben Westcott. "Kim agrees to meet Trump at DMZ, source says" . CNN . {{ cite web }}: |last= has generic name ( help ) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )

[7] Cohn, Alicia (1 May 2018). "Trump says plans to meet North Korean leader coming in next 'couple of days' " . TheHill .

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