By Kim Bo-eun
Key allies of South Korea expressed wishes the ongoing inter-Korean summit would contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hoped for the success of the summit, in a phone call with Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, the foreign ministry stated, Tuesday.
The two expressed their views on the summit late Monday, after a phone call earlier the same day, in which Kang informed Pompeo of the preparations for the summit.
Meanwhile, referring to a U.N. Security Council meeting called by the U.S. to discuss sanctions on North Korea, Pompeo tweeted "Global sanctions are an essential part of efforts to achieve denuclearization. We are as committed as ever to enforcing them."
China also expressed wishes for the summit to play a role in improving inter-Korean relations, and stated its support for the Koreas achieving denuclearization of the Peninsula as well as lasting peace and stability in the region.
"China hopes that the summit in Pyongyang can achieve positive outcomes and play a positive role in strengthening the coordination and the interaction between South and North Korea, sustaining and consolidating the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula and continuously promoting a political settlement of the Peninsula issue," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in a regular press briefing, Monday.
"China will continue to fully support South and North Korea in improving their relations."
and contribute to achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the lasting peace and stability of Northeast Asia at an early date," he said.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga in a news briefing on Tuesday stated the key issue is whether North Korea will carry out its promise to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula according to the agreement produced at a summit between leaders of North Korea and the U.S. in June.
The summit in Pyongyang between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un comes after weeks of stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington. With denuclearization among the main agendas of the summit, South Korea is seeking for talks with the North Korea leader to lead to a resumption of talks between North Korea and the U.S.
It is yet to be seen whether the summit will elicit a pledge from the North Korean leader on taking tangible and verifiable denuclearization measures, such as submitting a list of its nuclear inventory. Pyongyang has been calling for the U.S. to declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War first, as a means to protect its regime. Differences over which measure should be taken first led to a deadlock in the denuclearization process.
Key allies of South Korea expressed wishes the ongoing inter-Korean summit would contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hoped for the success of the summit, in a phone call with Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, the foreign ministry stated, Tuesday.
The two expressed their views on the summit late Monday, after a phone call earlier the same day, in which Kang informed Pompeo of the preparations for the summit.
Meanwhile, referring to a U.N. Security Council meeting called by the U.S. to discuss sanctions on North Korea, Pompeo tweeted "Global sanctions are an essential part of efforts to achieve denuclearization. We are as committed as ever to enforcing them."
China also expressed wishes for the summit to play a role in improving inter-Korean relations, and stated its support for the Koreas achieving denuclearization of the Peninsula as well as lasting peace and stability in the region.
"China hopes that the summit in Pyongyang can achieve positive outcomes and play a positive role in strengthening the coordination and the interaction between South and North Korea, sustaining and consolidating the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula and continuously promoting a political settlement of the Peninsula issue," China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in a regular press briefing, Monday.
"China will continue to fully support South and North Korea in improving their relations."
and contribute to achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the lasting peace and stability of Northeast Asia at an early date," he said.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga in a news briefing on Tuesday stated the key issue is whether North Korea will carry out its promise to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula according to the agreement produced at a summit between leaders of North Korea and the U.S. in June.
The summit in Pyongyang between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un comes after weeks of stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington. With denuclearization among the main agendas of the summit, South Korea is seeking for talks with the North Korea leader to lead to a resumption of talks between North Korea and the U.S.
It is yet to be seen whether the summit will elicit a pledge from the North Korean leader on taking tangible and verifiable denuclearization measures, such as submitting a list of its nuclear inventory. Pyongyang has been calling for the U.S. to declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War first, as a means to protect its regime. Differences over which measure should be taken first led to a deadlock in the denuclearization process.
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