Moon: DPRK, U.S. show determination to continue dialogue

President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in said Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States have shown their determination to continue the dialogue for peace and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Addressing a regular meeting with his senior aides, Moon said it was clearly confirmed that the ROK, the DPRK and the United States all did not want to go back to the past, although a temporary difficulty was created in the peninsula's peace process with the failure to reach an agreement during the second DPRK-U.S. summit.

He noted that both the DPRK and the United States showed their determination to continue dialogue by managing situations stably so as not to increase tensions as seen in the past.

Moon's remarks came ahead of his for a summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for April 11.

ROK President Moon Jae-in (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during their summit talks at a New York hotel, U.S., Sept. 24, 2018. /VCG Photo

Moon said his trip to Washington would come as the result of the efforts by ROK and the United States to revive the momentum for dialogue between the DPRK and the United States at an early date.

He anticipated Pyongyang's positive response to the efforts by Seoul and Washington.

Moon's U.S. trip was arranged after the second summit between top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and Trump ended with no agreement in late February in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.

The ROK president vowed to make efforts to help resume denuclearization negotiations between the DPRK and the United States.

(Top image: U.S. President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un smile during a dinner at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi on Feb. 27, 2019, in this photo captured from the Twitter account of the White House. /VCGPhoto)