US President Donald Trump Thanks North Korea’s Kim Jong Un For Military Parade Without Displaying Nuclear Missiles

North Korea marked its 70th foundation anniversary on Sunday with a military parade in Pyongyang which was filled with colored balloons and flowers focusing on the country’s peace and economic development. The interesting thing about the parade was that unlike every year there were no long-range missiles on display. Furthermore, there were no nuclear tests to mark the day, as has happened in each of the last two years.

Well, the change underlines North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s efforts to denuclearise the Korean peninsula after and his recent meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and summits with U.S. President Donald Trump as well as Chinese President Xi Jinping. This years’ celebration theme was unifying the Korean peninsula, divided since the 1950-53 Korean War.

U.S. President Donald Trump praised Kim for the parade’s focus on growth and the reported lack of nuclear weapons. He welcomes it as a positive statement from North Korea taking credit for his efforts.

“Thank you To Chairman Kim,” Trump noted in a tweet. “We will both prove everyone wrong! There is nothing like good dialogue from two people that like each other! Much better than before I took office.”

Trump said on Friday he was expecting a personal letter from Kim coming his way soon, which he believes will be positive.

“I know that a letter is being delivered to me, a personal letter from Kim Jong Un to me. It was handed at the border … yesterday,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “It’s being delivered. It’s actually an elegant way… and I think it’s going to be a positive letter.”

Trump and Kim met in Singapore back in June this year to discuss the North’s missile and nuclear tests. During the summit, the North Korean leader promised to work toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, following Washington’s assurance to provide security guarantees to North Korea.