HANOI, February 28 -- The White House says no joint agreement was reached between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their second summit in Hanoi. “No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future,” press secretary Sarah Sanders wrote in a statement. Sanders added: “President Donald J. Trump of the United States and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had very good and constructive meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27-28, 2019." White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the two leaders "had very good and constructive meetings" and "discussed various ways to advance denuclearization and economic driven concepts," but that "no agreement was reached at this time." The two leaders had been scheduled to hold a signing ceremony Thursday afternoon in Hanoi for an expected deal. But the event was called off less than two hours before it was supposed to take place, and Trump moved up his departure time from Vietnam. Trump had spent the morning setting expectations for the event, repeatedly stressing that he was "in no rush" to force North Korea to denuclearize. "Speed is not that important to me as long as there’s no testing," Trump said Thursday morning in Vietnam, referencing Pyongyang's halt of missile tests. At one point, Trump reiterated the phrase "no rush" several times in a row. "Over the years, I’m sure we’ll be together a lot,” he added. In a startling moment, Kim even responded to reporters' questions about his intentions and predictions for the summit. “It’s too early to tell, but I wouldn’t say I’m pessimistic,” he said through a translator, perhaps answering a foreign journalist's question for the first time. “From what I feel right now I do have a feeling that good results will come out."
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