Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit: Full text of joint document signed by the US president, North Korean leader

President of the United States Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un on Tuesday released a joint statement at the Singapore Summit. After the meeting and signing a "comprehensive" document , Kim is believed to have agreed to “complete denuclearisation” of North Korea. [caption id=“attachment_4506463” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met for the first time in Singapore’s Sentosa Island on Tuesday. Screengrab[/caption] “We’re signing a very important document, a pretty comprehensive document,” Trump said after two leaders signed the document, adding that he would discuss it “at great length” at the news conference scheduled for 4 pm. Kim said he was grateful to Trump for making this meeting happen. “We had a historic meeting and have decided to leave the past behind. We are about to sign the historic document. The world will see change.” Here’s the full text of the joint statement: President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new US-DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un state the following: 1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity. 2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. 3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. 4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified. Having acknowledged that the U.S.-DPRK summit — the first in history — was an epochal event of great significance and overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit to implement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously. The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.-DPRK summit. President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new U.S.-DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world. June 12, 2018 Sentosa Island Singapore