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Singapore's PM Meets Trump Ahead of North Korea Summit

SINGAPORE (Sputnik) - On Monday US President Donald Trump met with his Singaporean counterpart Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long ahead of the upcoming summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.
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Trump and Lee are meeting privately at the Istana, the prime minister's office and residence, for one-on-one talks before attending a working lunch with senior aides.

Lee met earlier on Sunday with Kim to discuss regional developments and wish the North Korean success in his highly anticipated summit with Trump.

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"We discussed developments on the Korean Peninsula, as well as in the region. I complimented him on his decision to meet President Trump, and wished him a successful summit and a good stay in Singapore," Lee said in a Facebook post on Sunday after meeting with Kim.

Trump and Kim will meet on Tuesday at 9 a.m. local time (01:00 GMT) for talks on denuclearization. The summit was made possible after a significant thaw in tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The US-North Korean summit will mark the first-ever meeting of sitting leaders of the two countries.

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