‘KOREAN WAR TO END! The US should be very proud of what is taking place!’ Delighted Donald Trump reacts to historic meeting and says ‘good things are happening’
Kim Jong-un became first North Korean leader since 1950s to set foot in South
He and Moon Jae-in shared ‘sincere’ talks before planting a commemorative tree
China has led global reaction to the ‘historic’ meeting at a border village today
Beijing said it now hoped for a ‘journey of long-term stability on the peninsula’
Donald Trump tweeted that the US should be ‘very proud of what is taking place’
By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
DAILYMAIL.COM
April 2018
Donald Trump celebrated the end to the decades-long Korean War this morning and agreement to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula that will pave the way for him to meet face-to-face with Kim Jong-un.
Trump and Kim, the North Korean dictator, have spent the last year trading threats and insults as Pyongyang made rapid advances in pursuit of nuclear-armed missiles capable of hitting America.
But amid a softening of relations between Pyongyang and Seoul, the two men have reached an agreement to meet in weeks to discuss nuclear disarmament.
Kim became the first North Korean leader since the 1950-53 Korean War to set foot in the South this morning during talks in which he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to a ‘complete denuclearization’ during the talks.
In tweets on Friday morning Trump acknowledged the progress even as he cast doubt over how long positive diplomacy may last.
‘After a furious year of missile launches and Nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place. Good things are happening, but only time will tell!’ Trump wrote this morning.
In a second message, he added: ‘KOREAN WAR TO END! The United States, and all of its GREAT people, should be very proud of what is now taking place in Korea!’
Trump gave his blessing last week to South Korea, an important American ally, to end the Korean War.
The U.S. president has said in recent days that he will meet with Kim ‘very soon’ and probably by the beginning of June.
‘It could be that I walk out quickly, with respect,’ he said in a Thursday morning update. ‘But it could be that the meeting doesn’t even take place, who knows.’
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