A photograph of President Donald Trump holding a copy of the document he co-signed with North Korea’s communist dictator Kim John Un shows four points were agreed to by the two leaders.
UPDATE: The White House released the text just before 5 a.m. EDT. It is appended at the end of this article.
Screen images by Kristinn Taylor.
ABC News’s Conor Finnegan posted a photo and reported the four points.
ZOOM IN ON THE TEXT: "President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." pic.twitter.com/vXBeIMP81i
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
“4 STATEMENTS BOTH COMMITTED TO: “1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.”
“2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.”
“3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
“4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.”
“The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the US-DPRK summit.”
“Trump & “Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new US-DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.”
4 STATEMENTS BOTH COMMITTED TO: "1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity."
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
"2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula."
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
"3. Reaffirming the April 27, 20198 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
"4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified."
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
"The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the US-DPRK summit."
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
Trump & "Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new US-DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world."
— Conor Finnegan (@cjf39) June 12, 2018
Video of signing:
"The world will see a major change" – Kim Jong-un's words as he and Donald Trump sign a "historic" document after #TrumpKimSummit https://t.co/slT5YzZ7IR pic.twitter.com/PEVsdA1XjR
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 12, 2018
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2018
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*Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea*
*at the Singapore Summit*
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President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.DPRK relations will contribute to the peace andprosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:
1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
*2.The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.
Having acknowledged that the U.S.DPRK summitthe first in historywas an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening up of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit toimplement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously. The United States andthe DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, MikePompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.DPRK summit.
President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new U.S.DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.
DONALD J. TRUMP
President of the United States of America
KIM JONG UN
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
June 12, 2018
Sentosa Island
Singapore
