Donald Trump PICTURED with Kim Jong-un for FIRST time in Singapore
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un have finally met for the first time and have been pictured shaking each other's hands in Singapore.
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President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first-ever meeting between leaders of their two countries on Tuesday morning in Singapore.
The pair shook hands shortly after 9am local time.
They hope to end seven decades of hostility and the threat of a nuclear confrontation.
Singapore was waiting in anticipation for the moment when the two leaders met.
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Trump and Kim met at a luxury hotel in Singapore's Sentosa island after months of diplomatic tensions.
The two men walked towards each other and firmly gripped each other's hands in front of US and North Korean flags.
In brief initial comments in front of the press, the US president predicted a "terrific relationship" with the dictator.
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"We overcame all the odds to come here," Mr Kim said.
The leaders will now hold a one-to-one meeting, with translators, before a working lunch.
The talks - unimaginable just a few months ago - will focus on North Korea's controversial nuclear programme.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would only accept "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation", but would offer "unique" security guarantees.
A formal end to the Korean war may also be discussed.
The 1950-53 conflict ended with a truce, not a final peace treaty.
Trump says signing a peace agreement would probably be "the easy part".