‘Historic meeting’ opens ‘new era for peace:North Korea

North Korea today hailed its summit with the South as a “historic meeting” thatkick start the way for the a new era.After the two leaders pledged to pursue a permanent peace and rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons.
In the document North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in “confirmed the common goal of realising, through complete denuclearisation, a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula”
For years, Pyongyang insisted it would never give up the “treasured sword” of its nuclear arsenal, which it says it needs to defend itself against a possible US invasion.But it has offered to put it up for negotiation in exchange for security guarantees, according to Seoul — although Kim made no public reference to doing so at Friday’s spectacular summit.