WORLD REACTION

END OF COLD WAR: S KOREA

South Korean President Moon Jae-in hailed the outcome of the US-North Korea summit as a "historic event" that ended the last Cold War conflict. "I offer my heartfelt congratulations and welcome the success of the historic summit. The June 12 Sentosa Agreement will be recorded as a historic event that has helped break down the last remaining Cold War legacy on Earth," Moon said.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: CHINA

China yesterday praised the summit as historic and called for "full denuclearisation" to resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula. The fact that the two leaders "can sit together and have equal talks has important and positive meaning, and is creating a new history," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters.

DO NOT TRUST TRUMP: IRAN

Iran warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un against trusting Trump, saying he could cancel their denuclearisation agreement within hours. Tehran cited its own experience in offering the advice to Kim a month after Washington withdrew from a similar deal with Iran. "We don't know what type of person the North Korean leader is negotiating with. It is not clear that he would not cancel the agreement before returning home," said Iranian a government spokesman.

POSITIVE STEP: RUSSIA

Russia's Foreign Ministry praised US President Donald Trump's move to end war games with South Korea, saying it was necessary to stop provocative actions to ease tensions on the peninsula. Trump said after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore that joint military exercises with South Korea would be halted.

'IMPORTANT MILESTONE': UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday welcomed the summit as "an important milestone" toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Guterres urged all those concerned to "seize this momentous opportunity" and again offered UN help to achieve the goal of dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Trump and Kim signed a joint statement in which Pyongyang pledged to "work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula" but the term "verifiable" did not appear in the text.

'CRUCIAL, NECESSARY' TALKS: EU

The EU praised the summit as a "crucial and necessary step", indicating that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula could be achieved. "This summit was a crucial and necessary step to build upon the positive developments achieved in inter-Korean relations and on the peninsula so far," the EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said.

FIRST STEP FOR PEACE: JAPAN

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed the summit as a "first step" towards denuclearisation. "Through this US-North Korea summit, Chairman Kim Jong Un's intent for complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula was confirmed in writing. I support this as a first step to the comprehensive resolution of issues concerning North Korea," Abe said.