South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in the US on Thursday for talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump that will focus to put denuclearization talks with North Korea back on track after a failed summit between the United States and North Korean leaders in February this year.
Trump earlier asked President Moon to help facilitate his future dialogue with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Moon has so far held three bilateral meetings with Kim and is now pushing for a fourth one.
Moon is also scheduled to hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday morning before meeting the president at the White House shortly after midday.
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“The upcoming (South Korea-US) summit comes on a joint view that consultation between the two countries is important to quickly revive the momentum for dialogue following the Hanoi summit,” Kim Hyun-chong, a Deputy Director of the National Security Office at the Presidential Palace, said earlier.