On June 12, 2018, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a summit in Singapore, resulting in North Korea affirming its intention "to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula". In an interview with reporter Peter Zampa, Murkowski said she supported "the goal of what was outlined, which is complete denuclearization of North Korea" and that in the event there is "committed willingness on both sides, really by all the world's partners here, perhaps we can achieve this peace that has alluded us for so many decades." She furthered that the meeting did not "condone the atrocities that we have seen from North Korea regarding how they have treated their people" but that it did present "the opportunity for working towards a goal which we have been talking about, again, for decades."