Trump, Kim meet on DMZ between the two Koreas

PANMUNJOM, SOUTH KOREA: Donald Trump on Sunday stepped into North Korean territory, the first time a sitting US president has ever set foot in the former enemy country.In a historic moment, Trump walked across the concrete blocks dividing North and South Korean territory in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, where the two sides fought each other to a standstill in the 1950-53 Korean War.Trump arrived in Seoul late on Saturday for talks with Moon after attending a Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, during which he made a surprise, spur-of-the-moment offer to meet Kim.It was the third time in just over a year that Trump and Kim have met, and four months since their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam broke down.Trump and South Korea's Moon visited the heavily fortified border together. Trump wanted to visit during a 2017 trip to South Korea but heavy fog prevented it.Moon said earlier a handshake between Trump and Kim at the DMZ would be a historic event, and would give hope for progress in their dialogue."It would set a significant milestone in the process of achieving complete denuclearisation and lasting peace on the Korean peninsula," Moon told Trump.Kim and Moon held their historic first summit in the zone last year, which preceded the first U.S.-North Korean summit in Singapore in June last year.Moon has championed efforts to end hostilities between North Korea and the United States, vowing to play a mediator role in nudging North Korea into giving up its nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief and security guarantees.

from Economic Times https://ift.tt/2LtbAD8