<p>Trump on Friday confirmed that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will indeed be taking place on June 12th in Singapore. ;</p>
<p>The announcement followed an extended meeting between Trump and North Korean official Kim Yong-chol, who delivered a personal note from Chairman Kim Jong-un.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This was literally going to be the delivery of a letter and it ended up being a two-hour conversation with the second most powerful man in North Korea,&#8221; said Trump. ;</p>
<p>The two leaders spoke about a future peace treaty to end the Korean War and discussed international sanctions that have crippled North Korea&#8217;s economy. ;Trump, who suggested there were &ldquo;hundreds&rdquo; of additional punishments in the works, promised no new sanctions would be imposed while the two nations are &ldquo;talking so nicely.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Kim&#8217;s visit to Washington ;(and his admittance into the Oval Office) represent a significant turn of events in relations between North Korea and the US. ;</p>
<p>Kim, a former spy chief, was personally sanctioned by the US for his role in the peninsula&rsquo;s nuclear program and is believed to have organized an attack that killed 46 South Korean sailors in 2010. He had to obtain a special waiver from the State Department just to visit the US capital. ;</p>
<p>Less than two weeks ago, ;Trump canceled ;his summit with Kim Jong-un over North Korea&rsquo;s &ldquo;tremendous anger and open hostility&rdquo; towards the US. Two days later, Trump ;suggested the summit was still a possibility and the State Department confirmed officials from both sides would be meeting in the DMZ and in Singapore to make preparations for the summit. ;</p>
<p>When he confirmed the summit Friday, Trump made it clear that denuclearization is not likely to occur during the first meeting. &ldquo;I never said it goes in one meeting,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s going to be a process. But the relationships are building, and that&rsquo;s a very positive thing.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Trump has portrayed the highly anticipated summit as a &ldquo;getting to know you meeting-plus,&#8221; leading experts to assume Trump&#8217;s strategy to establish personal ties with the young dictator. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think what Trump is banking on is that he can form a personal relationship and convince Kim in a one-on-one setting that the United States is no threat,&#8221; said Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> This is for sure now, Trump&#8217;s negotiation strategy is paying off.</p>