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SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in and United States President-elect Joe Biden reaffirmed their commitment to the alliance of the two countries and a peaceful Korean peninsula during their phone call Thursday (May 12). November), Moon said on Twitter.
In his first conversation since Biden’s election victory, Moon also said that he will work closely with the incoming United States administration to address global challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
The call came days after South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with several Biden allies in Washington and called for the “summit-level” attention of the Biden administration to reopen talks. denuclearization with North Korea.
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US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to work toward denuclearization at their unprecedented summit in 2018, but little progress has been made since their second summit and working-level talks collapsed on Monday. last year.
The Moon administration is hopeful for a restart of stalled negotiations that could facilitate its inter-Korean economic initiatives. The plans have been hampered by international sanctions imposed on Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.
The presidential Blue House said its National Security Council also held a meeting Thursday to review the US elections. The council also discussed ways to promote the alliance between the United States and South Korea and achieve peace and denuclearization on the peninsula.
