President Donald Trump on Sunday shook hands with North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un as they met at the demilitarized zone that has
divided the Korean peninsula for 66 years.
After shaking hands with Kim over the line that marks where
their two countries and their allies fought each other to a standstill in the
1950-53 Korean War, Trump walked for several steps into North Korean territory,
before another handshake.
The two men then walked into Seoul’s territory together
pausing on the line for photographers where they were joined by South Korean
President Moon Jae-in.
The impromptu meeting in the DMZ which came after Trump
issued an invitation on Twitter on Saturday comes with negotiations between
Pyongyang and Washington over the North’s nuclear arsenal at a deadlock.
