The declaration signed at the end of the summit said the two countries would co-operate towards "new relations", while the USA would provide "security guarantees" to North Korea.

North Korean state media broke form and has run two days of stories on Kim Jong Un's trip to Singapore, including a huge spread on his meeting with President Donald Trump.

After a day filled with smiles and handshakes watched around the world, the United States "committed to provide security guarantees" to North Korea, while Pyongyang committed to "work towards" denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.

Kim's biggest task in the months ahead will most likely be to try to push China, his country's key trading partner, to lift its sanctions and to entice South Korea to start once again offering crucial investment in joint ventures and infrastructure projects. The likelihood of Trump launching a first strike against North Korea, thus setting South Korea, where more than 100,000 Americans live and/or work, ablaze and risking a strike against population centers in the US, was similarly low.

Dems lack heir apparent this time MORE took a softer tone with the national news media on Tuesday during an interview with Fox News, telling host Sean Hannity that some mainstream outlets had been "very good" to him concerning his meeting with Kim Jong Un. Trump said: "That's true".

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk in the Capella Hotel after their working lunch, on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018.

"The President's comments [were] very positive and the Statement touches on a new relationship with North Korea, and end to the Korean War, complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and recovering POW/MIA remains - all positive commitments", he said.

Mr Kim arrived in town on Sunday for a historic summit on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump to discuss possible denuclearisation efforts.

Annual military drills between the US and South Korea have been a major source of tension on the Korean Peninsula.

Signatures of the two leaders on the summit document.

Other pages showed USA and North Korean officials having their extended meeting, a working lunch and later, Trump and Kim signing a joint agreement that marked the end to the summit. It clearly hasn't occurred, ' Mr Turnbull said.

"President Trump has also taken a firm stand against Iran's efforts to arm itself with nuclear weapons, and also against its aggression in the Middle East", Netanyahu said. I asked Graham if cheating by Kim meant military conflict.

KCNA quoted Kim as saying that the North can take unspecified "additional good-will measures of next stage commensurate with them" if the U.S. takes genuine measures to build trust. "I think, honestly, [Kim] is going to do these things".