September. On September 5, during the meeting with South Korean special envoy Chung Eun-yong about the upcoming summit, Kim declared that he wanted to accomplish the denuclearization of Korea before the US leader Donald Trump completes his first term (January 2021). In Pyongyang, on September 18, both leaders signed an agreement titled the "Pyongyang Joint Declaration of September 2018". The agreement called for the removal of landmines planted at the Joint Security Area. North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear program in the presence of international experts if the U.S. took reciprocal action. Moon became the first South Korean leader to give a speech to a North Korean audience when he addressed 150,000 spectators at the Arirang Festival on 19 September. North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit, 2019 Donald Trump met with Kim Jong-un on February 27, 2019, in Hanoi, Vietnam, in the second summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea. On February 28, 2019, the White House announced that the summit was cut short and that no agreement was reached, with Trump later elaborating that it was because North Korea wanted an end to all sanctions. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho asserted that the country only sought a partial lifting of five United Nations sanctions placed on North Korea during 2016–17. DMZ meeting, 2019 In April 2019 Trump tweeted that a third summit between him and Kim "would be good". On June 12, 2019, he received a letter from Kim which he described as "beautiful". On June 26, 2019, it was announced that talks were underway to hold a third U.S.–North Korean summit. On June 22, 2019, an undated photo was also released by the North Korean government of Kim Jong-un reading a letter from Trump. Kim described the letter as "excellent" and described Trump as the "supreme leader" of the United States. However, Kim later denied reports of continued talks with the United States, and relations with the U.S. State Department still remained hostile. On June 30, 2019, Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in met with Kim Jong-un at the DMZ. The meeting was apparently the result of an impromptu Trump tweet suggesting a possible meeting with Kim at the DMZ "just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!". When they met, Trump and Kim shook hands, and Kim said in English, "It's good to see you again", "I never expected to meet you