Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK State Affairs Commission, met and had a one-on-one pleasant chat and dinner with Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America.

The historic second DPRK-US summit meeting and talks began in Hanoi, Vietnam, thanks to the ardent wishes, proactive efforts and extraordinary determination of the top leaders of the two countries to end the vicious cycle of confrontation and antagonism and keep pace with the era of peace and prosperity that has come.

The historic second meeting of the two top leaders began at 18:30, February 27, local time, followed by one-on-one chat and dinner.

Kim Jong Un arrived at the Metropole Hotel, the venue of the meeting with the US President, by his car, escorted by guard vehicles.

The national flags of the DPRK and the US were hanging side by side in La Veranda conference room of the Metropole Hotel where the top leaders were slated to meet.

They met again in eight months and had a firm handshake.

They had a photo taken against the backdrop of the national flags of the two countries.

The top leaders who had deepened their friendly feelings through the Singapore summit last year and on subsequent occasions including exchanges of several personal letters, greeted each other warmly and made well-wishing remarks.

Kim Jong Un said that although mistrust, misunderstanding, hostile eyes and old practices stood in their way, they walked towards each other again as they smashed and overcame them all and have finally come to Hanoi in 260 days. He added that this period demanded much more anguish, efforts and patience than ever before and that excellent results wished by all would be produced at the talks and he would do his best to this end.

Trump said that he was honoured and happy to meet Chairman Kim Jong Un again and that they had very nice relations with each other and he was sure that the talks would be very successful.

They then had a one-on-one pleasant chat to have an open-hearted and candid dialogue.

After the one-on-one chat, they had a social dinner.

Present there from the DPRK side were Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Ri Yong Ho, minister of Foreign Affairs, and from the US side were Mike Pompeo, secretary of State, and Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff.

At the dinner, which was held in an amicable atmosphere with the top leaders and personages of the two countries sitting at a round table in a friendly way, both sides highly appreciated the considerable progress made in the bilateral relationship after the Singapore summit and had an exchange of sincere and deep opinions with a view to producing comprehensive and epoch-making results at the talks in order to live up to the interest and expectations of the whole world praying for a successful Hanoi summit.

Kim Jong Un said goodbye to Trump after the dinner.

The Supreme Leader completed the first-day schedule of the historic second DPRK-US summit talks and left for the Melia Hotel.

The top leaders of the two countries will meet again and continue their talks on February 28.