June 12, 2018 / 16:32 IST
US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un leave after signing documents that acknowledge the progress of the talks and pledge to keep momentum going. (Photo: Reuters)
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US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un met at the Capella Hotel on Singapore's Capella Hotel on Sentosa island.
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The event caught the attention of the entire world.
The meeting was the first meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting US President.
The two leaders did make significant progress in their relationship but did not provide specifics of the terms agreed.
Here a few takeaways from the meeting:- Kim Jong Un has committed to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
- US sanctions on North Korea will continue. Trump has said the sactions will be lifted when the US is "sure that nuclear missiles are no longer a factor"
- Trump said Kim Jong Un is a "smart person", and called the North Korean leader a "very worthy, very smart negotiator".
- Trump said he hopes a formal ending to the Korean War will happen soon. The violence had ended in a truce between North Korea and South Korea, and not a peace treaty.
- Their handshake became the top moment of their meeting, with body language experts trying to decipher the two leaders' conduct.
- The US President replied "Absolutely" when asked if he would invite Kim Jong Un to the White House
- As widely expected, the US stayed away from the subject of alleged of human rights violations by North Korea.
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