In his meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York,... President Moon said he hopes for successful nuclear negotiations... so that so that North Korea and the U.S. can hold a third summit soon.
He said a third summit would could be a major turning point in the Korean peace process.
Our Shin Se-min reports from New York.
The top item on the agenda of the ninth meeting between Presidents Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump was of course the prospective working-level nuclear talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
The South Korean leader saw President Trump as a major contributor to the Korean peace process.
And he expressed anticipation that a third big meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. would be a world-class breakthrough.
"I hope the working-level talks between North Korea and the U.S. will set the groundwork for a third North Korea-U.S. summit. If the summit takes place, it will be a great achievement that equals a great transformation in terms of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
And President Trump, also on the same page as his South Korean counterpart,... boasted of his personal relationship with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
"And the relationships have been very good. So we will see what happens. But we like to see if we can do something and if we can that will be great. If we can't, that's fine. We will see what happens."
On the regime’s launching of short-range projectiles, Trump said his North Korean counterpart is rather a man of his word.
Speaking on the Seoul-Washington relations, Trump said how South Korea is one of the largest buyers of military equipment from the United States,… to which the South Korean presidential office said such business deals will strengthen their bilateral ties even further.
Some of the shortfalls from the summit-- no specific mention of lifting sanctions for the regime or how the trilateral alliance of South Korea-U.S. and Japan fits in with the denuclearization process.
"Hoping to maintain the impetus for peace on the Korean Peninsula-- the South Korean leader will take his message of hope to the UN General Assembly podium. He will share his thoughts on how the major players in the denuclearization talks can eventually bring lasting peace to the region.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News, New York"