Moon Jae-in says to strive for Trump-Kim summit before U.S. election
President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Asia Pacific, 2020 July 1 Wednesday (CGTN)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said that his country will make all-out efforts to let the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States hold talks before the U.S. presidential election in November.
Moon made the remarks during a video conference with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which was held on Tuesday to discuss ways to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, the South Korean presidential Blue House said Wednesday.
A Blue House official, who declined to be identified, told a press briefing that Moon said during the video conference that he will make efforts to maintain a dialogue momentum among the two Koreas and the United States.
Moon was quoted as saying South Korea will make all-out efforts to let the DPRK and the United States sit face-to-face for dialogue before the U.S. presidential election.
When asked whether the DPRK-U.S. talks means a summit, the senior Blue House official said “yes.”
