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Trump announces date for June summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore

Source: The Guardian
May 10, 2018 at 11:50
Donald Trump has said previously that the time and place of the historic meeting with Kim Jong-un had been decided. Photograph: KCNA / Justin Lane/EPA
Donald Trump has said previously that the time and place of the historic meeting with Kim Jong-un had been decided. Photograph: KCNA / Justin Lane/EPA

On the flight back from North Korea, Pompeo told reporters that the location and time of the summit had been agreed, but said details would be forthcoming in the next few days.

Donald Trump disclosed on Thursday that his nuclear summit with Kim Jong-un will take place on 12 June in Singapore.

CNN first reported on Wednesday that Singapore had been chosen as the venue for the first summit between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.

Trump announced the details on Twitter on Thursday morning: “The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong-un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!”

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