US, North Korean delegations wrap up expanded talks in Hanoi, Start Working Lunch
Hanoi, Feb 28 (Sputnik/IBNS) : The US and North Korean delegations have finished an expanded meeting in the Hanoi hotel proceeding to a working lunch, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met on Thursday morning at the colonial-era Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel starting a second day of their denuclearization talks in the Vietnamese capital. Both sides were pretty optimistic in their remarks at the beginning of the meeting, voicing hope for success of their talks.
The leaders were accompanied to the lunch at the hotel restaurant by Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Deputy Chair of North Korean Workers' Party's central committee Kim Yong Chol, who is in charge of nuclear talks with the United States, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, and other members of their delegations.
Trump and Kim met for the first time last June. During the summit, Kim expressed commitment to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula while Trump said Washington was ready to give security guarantees to Pyongyang.
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