"We hope this meeting will advance prospects for peace in the Korean Peninsula," Lee said in an official statement, adding that "Singapore is pleased to host the meeting". "We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!" Lee tweeted a message in response to the Trump tweet, saying that the upcoming summit "is a significant step on the path to peace", and wished that "may it lead to a successful outcome". The White House chose Singapore, a small and prosperous island state with 5.6 million people in Southeast Asia, as the summit venue due to "security" protocols and Singapore's experience in organising summits, an US official told Efe. Singapore was selected also because it maintains diplomatic relations with both Washington and Pyongyang and is therefore considered a neutral ground.

Source: bd News24 May 11, 2018 03:00 UTC