Seoul: Friday’s summit between the leaders of North and South Korea was a “historic meeting” paving the way for the start of a new era, the media reports emanating from North Korea say, according to a BBC News report on Saturday.
The North’s Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons.
The official KCNA news agency hailed this as a “new milestone” in the path to joint prosperity. It also carried the full text of the declaration.
China and the United States both welcomed the news.
However, US President Donald Trump said he would continue to exert maximum pressure on North Korea, as he prepares to meet Mr Kim in the coming weeks.
“We’re not going to be played, OK?” he said.
“We’re going to hopefully make a deal.”
After the talks at the border, Mr Kim and Mr Moon also agreed to push towards turning the armistice, which ended the Korean War in 1953, into a peace treaty this year.
The summit came just months after warlike rhetoric from North Korea.
Details of how denuclearisation would be achieved were not made clear, and many analysts remain sceptical about the North’s apparent enthusiasm for engagement.
