South Korean President Moon Jae-in hopes to restart North Korea denuclearisation talks in Trump meetings
- He will meet the US president for a summit in Washington on April 11 to discuss North Korea and other alliance issues
- Tump’s failure to seal a deal with Kim Jong-un in February was a blow to Moon’s conviction that the North was willing to abandon its nuclear arsenal
Senior South Korean officials, including President Moon Jae-in, are launching a series of meetings with their US counterparts in a bid to jump-start stalled denuclearisation talks with North Korea and mend fraying ties in their alliance.
Moon will meet US President Donald Trump for a summit in Washington on April 11 to discuss North Korea and other alliance issues, the White House said on Friday.
“The alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea remains the linchpin of peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in the region,” the White House said in a statement.
Trump’s failure to seal a deal at his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi in February was a blow to Moon, who has been vocal in his conviction that Kim is willing to abandon his nuclear arsenal.
Washington and Seoul have also tussled over the cost of US troops in South Korea, with Trump demanding that Seoul pay more toward maintaining some 28,500 of them.
