Kim Jong-un due to arrive in Singapore on Sunday afternoon as city state ramps up security
Official programme may include meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, sources say, ahead of landmark summit with Donald Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is due to arrive in Singapore around late afternoon on Sunday and will have his own official programme that could include a meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, sources told the South China Morning Post.
If confirmed, this would mean that both Kim and US President Donald Trump would be in Singapore for their historic summit early and this could help both in their preparations, another source said.
“As of tonight, we were told Mr Kim will be here on Sunday evening but the situation is fast-moving,” the source said on Saturday.
A separate source said Kim would arrive on an Air Koryo flight but the Post has not been able to independently verify this information.
On Sunday morning, the Singapore government confirmed through a statement that Lee would meet with Kim on Sunday and with Trump on Monday.
Earlier, the White House said Trump would leave the G7 summit in Canada before its conclusion, departing Quebec at 10.30am on Saturday and going directly to Singapore, according to a statement from his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.