Donald Trump ended his historic summit with Kim Jong Un by declaring that the US would halt military exercises on the Korean peninsula, in a significant concession to North Korea as the two leaders hailed their meeting as a step towards a “bright future”.
In the first meeting between a sitting US president and North Korean leader, Mr Trump and Mr Kim held five hours of talks that concluded with a joint statement, in which the US agreed to provide security guarantees in exchange for denuclearisation.
“We are prepared to start a new history . . . and write a new chapter between our nations,” Mr Trump said during an unwieldy hour-long press conference.