Trump flew into Singapore's Paya Lebar Air Base aboard Air
Force One looking to make a deal that will result to the denuclearisation of
one of America's bitterest enemies, following a divisive meeting in Canada with
some of Washington's closest allies that further strained global trade ties.
After
disembarking from Air Force One on a steamy tropical night, Trump was received
by Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Asked by a journalist how he is
feeling about the summit, Trump said: "Very good". He then got into
his limo for the drive to his hotel in central Singapore.
For the North Korean leader a loaned Air China airplane was detected departed from the airport in Pyongyang at 08:30 a.m. local time .North Korea's Kim landed in Singapore earlier on Sunday.
For the North Korean leader a loaned Air China airplane was detected departed from the airport in Pyongyang at 08:30 a.m. local time .North Korea's Kim landed in Singapore earlier on Sunday.
During the meeting of Trump and Kim on Tuesday at Sentosa, a
resort island off Singapore's port with a Universal Studios theme park and
artificial beaches, history will .be
made.
Foes since the 1950-53 Korean War, leaders both countries
have never met previously - or even in any form of communication.
Kim plane touch down at Singapore's Changi Airport after his
longest trip overseas as head of state, putting on his trademark dark "Mao
suit" and his distinctive hairstyle.
Kim, earlier, was also greeted by Balakrishnan.
Travelling with Kim were
officials made up of Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and Kim Yong Chol, a
close aide of Kim diplomatic strategists
that culminated in the Tuesday summit.
Kim Jong Un, leader Kim's younger sister, was also
spotted among the delegation. She came up as an influential figure in Pyongyang's
opaque leadership in February, who led a North Korean delegation to the winter
Olympics in South Korea.
Top officials who came with Trump include Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton, White House Chief of Staff
John Kelly and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.
Kim met Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong immediately
after his arrival, driving from the St. Regis Hotel where he is staying,
through the famous Orchard Road shopping district, that was closed off for his
tightly guarded motorcade.
At the hotel lobby, stern-faced North Korean security warned
other hotel guests not to take pictures of their leader as Kim walked to his
Mercedes Benz limousine.
In his first public comments since arriving, Kim told reporters
that Singapore's summit will make history if it becomes a success
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