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Trump-Kim summit second day schedule: White House
The two leaders will have a working lunch today before a joint signing ceremony for an agreement.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet again Thursday morning in Hanoi. The White House has released the schedule for the second and final day of their summit.
9:00 am
The day will start with a one-on-one session which will begin at 9 am local time.
3:50 pm
The two leaders will then have a working lunch before participating in a joint signing ceremony for an agreement, the details of which are not yet known. US President Donald Trump will hold a press meeting in the JW Marriot hotel in the afternoon.
On February 27, in the first day of the meeting, the two leaders met at 6:30 pm local time at the Sofitel Metropole hotel – a luxury bunker built in early 20th century by French.
The meeting lasted for 20 minutes before the leaders joined a dinner which was accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Assistant to the President and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, and Lee Yun-hyang, interpreter; and Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Ri Yong Ho, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and interpreter Sin Hye Yong.
In the dinner, four reporters from the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, the Los Angeles Times and Reuters were excluded from covering the dinner because of what White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said were “sensitivities over shouted questions in the previous sprays.”
“Due to the sensitive nature of the meetings we have limited the pool for the dinner to a smaller group, but ensured that representation of photographers, TV, radio and print poolers are all in the room,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “We are continuing to negotiate aspects of this historic summit and will always work to make sure the US media has as much access as possible,” she said.
It was unclear if the North Korean side requested to restrict the the number of reporters allowed to the event or if it was the White House’s decision.
On Tuesday, the White House media center and several Western news organizations need to vacate Melia hotel in Hanoi before the arrival of Kim, who is staying at the property.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi on February 27. Photo: Fortune
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The day will start with a one-on-one session which will begin at 9 am local time.
3:50 pm
The two leaders will then have a working lunch before participating in a joint signing ceremony for an agreement, the details of which are not yet known. US President Donald Trump will hold a press meeting in the JW Marriot hotel in the afternoon.
On February 27, in the first day of the meeting, the two leaders met at 6:30 pm local time at the Sofitel Metropole hotel – a luxury bunker built in early 20th century by French.
The meeting lasted for 20 minutes before the leaders joined a dinner which was accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Assistant to the President and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, and Lee Yun-hyang, interpreter; and Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Ri Yong Ho, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and interpreter Sin Hye Yong.
The two leaders meet at the dinner on February 27. Photo: The New York Times
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“Due to the sensitive nature of the meetings we have limited the pool for the dinner to a smaller group, but ensured that representation of photographers, TV, radio and print poolers are all in the room,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “We are continuing to negotiate aspects of this historic summit and will always work to make sure the US media has as much access as possible,” she said.
It was unclear if the North Korean side requested to restrict the the number of reporters allowed to the event or if it was the White House’s decision.
On Tuesday, the White House media center and several Western news organizations need to vacate Melia hotel in Hanoi before the arrival of Kim, who is staying at the property.
