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U.S. NEWS Monday 11 June 2018

Trump, Kim converge on Singapore ahead of high-stakes summit

Continued from Front take more than one meet- ing was initially meant to
ing. rid North Korea of its nucle-
Trump traveled to Singa- U.S. and North Korean offi- ar weapons, but the talks
pore from Canada, where cials are set to meet Mon- have been portrayed by
he met with other world day morning in Singapore Trump in recent days more
leaders whose countries to make final preparations as a get-to-know-you ses-
make up the Group of Sev- for Tuesday’s meeting. sion.
en. White House press sec- Trump has also raised the
Hours earlier, a jet carrying retary Sarah Huckabee possibility of further summits
Kim landed. After shaking Sanders said Sung Kim, the and an agreement ending
hands with the Singapore U.S. ambassador to the the Korean War by replac-
foreign minister, Kim sped Philippines who has taken ing the armistice signed in
through the streets in a the lead on policy nego- 1953 with a peace treaty.
limousine, two large North tiations with the North, will China and South Korea
Korean flags fluttering on hold a “working group” would have to sign off on
the hood, surrounded by with a North Korean del- any legal treaty. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong, left, is seen
other black vehicles with egation. It’s unclear what Trump in the background as the North Korean leader arrives to meet
tinted windows and bound The North Korean auto- and Kim might decide with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana
or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore.
for the luxurious and closely crat’s every move will be Tuesday.q
guarded St. Regis Hotel. followed by 3,000 journal- Associated Press
He and Trump are set to ists who have converged
meet Tuesday morning in on Singapore, and by
the first summit of its kind gawkers around the world,
between a leader of North up until he shakes hands
Korea and a sitting U.S. with Trump on Tuesday. It’s
president. The North has a reflection of the intense
faced crippling diplomatic global curiosity over Kim’s
and economic sanctions sudden turn to diplomacy
as it has advanced devel- in recent months after a
opment of its nuclear and slew of North Korean nu-
ballistic missile programs. clear and missile tests last
Kim smiled broadly Sunday year raised serious fears of
evening as he met with Sin- war.
gapore Prime Minister Lee Part of the interest in Tues-
Hsien Loong. day’s summit is simply be-
“The entire world is watch- cause Kim has had limited
ing the historic summit appearances on the world
between (North Korea) stage.
and the United States of He has only publicly left
America, and thanks to his country three times
your sincere efforts ... we since taking power after
were able to complete the his father’s death in late
preparations for the his- 2011 — traveling twice to
toric summit,” Kim told Lee China and once across
through an interpreter. his shared border with the
Trump is set to meet with South to the southern part
Lee on Monday. of the Demilitarized Zone
Trump has said he hopes in recent summits with the
to make a legacy-defining leaders of China and South
deal for the North to give Korea, respectively.
up its nuclear weapons, But it’s Kim’s pursuit of nu-
though he has recently clear weapons that gives
sought to manage expec- his meeting with Trump
tations, saying that it may such high stakes. The meet-