US President Donald Trump, who arrived in Singapore on Sunday for the historic meet with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has celebrated his birthday three days in advance. The American President will celebrate his 72nd birthday on June 14 but a picture shared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, shows the President with a cake in the picture. President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore on Sunday for the historic meeting scheduled on June 12.
Celebrating birthday, a bit early. pic.twitter.com/laVLNs7J2j
— Vivian Balakrishnan (@VivianBala) June 11, 2018
US President Donald Trump had tweeted before leaving for Singapore saying that "I am on my way to Singapore where we have a chance to achieve a truly wonderful result for North Korea and the World. It will certainly be an exciting day and I know that Kim Jong-un will work very hard to do something that has rarely been done before."
I am on my way to Singapore where we have a chance to achieve a truly wonderful result for North Korea and the World. It will certainly be an exciting day and I know that Kim Jong-un will work very hard to do something that has rarely been done before...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had also reached Singapore on Sunday and met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday ahead of the historic summit with US President Donald Trump.
The White House on Monday released the preliminary schedule of US President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12.
As per the statement issued by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, the first meeting between the two heads of states will begin at 9am. The two sides will further hold delegation-level and bilateral talks throughout the day. A joint press statement is also likely to be issued by President Trump and Kim Jong-un after the much anticipated summit.
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