The White House says no joint agreement was reached between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their closely watched second summit.
“No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future,” press secretary Sarah Sanders wrote in a statement.
Sanders added: “President Donald J. Trump of the United States and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had very good and constructive meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27-28, 2019.”
“The two leaders discussed various ways to advance denuclearization and economic driven concepts,” she said.
Kim and Trump headed back to their hotels
After their planned working lunch was called off, amid speculation a signing ceremony may not be taking place today either, the motorcades for both President Trump and North Korean leader Kim are now en route back to their hotels.
South Korean stocks continued to fall after the apparent change in summit schedule between the two leaders.
Kim returns to Melia after the summit is abruptly stopped. #TrumpKimSummit #HanoiSummit pic.twitter.com/jDVyJLA3k3
— Jake Kwon (@JakeKwon88) February 28, 2019
Lunch and signing ceremony off
A planned working lunch between US President Donal Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have been canceled, as potentially has a joint signing ceremony.
After preliminary negotiations between Trump and Kim went over time, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters waiting to cover the lunch that it had been called off.
Negotiations would be wrapping up in the next 30 minutes, she said, after which Trump will return to his hotel for a press conference at 2 p.m. local time (2 a.m. ET).
She declined to comment when asked several times about the signing ceremony, which was originally scheduled for 2 p.m.
South Korea’s stock market dipped suddenly after the news of potential difficulties at the summit, but it quickly recovered some of its losses.
#breaking Plans appear to be shifting in Hanoi during President Trump’s nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un… and not in a good way. Talks have abruptly ended & the new schedule appears to eliminate the planned lunch & joint agreement signing ceremony that had been listed earlier.
— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) February 28, 2019
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