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South Korea's Moon calls Trump-Kim summit end of hostility |
2019-07-03 |
[DAWN] South Korea's president on Tuesday called a recent United States-North Korea![]() n summit at the Korean border an end of mutual hostility between the countries, despite skepticism by many experts that it's was a just made-for-TV moment that lacked any substance. During their impromptu third summit at the Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday, Trump and Kim reaffirmed their friendships and agreed to resume nuclear talks. Trump's brief stepping across the borderline into North Korea also made him the first sitting US president to set foot in the North's soil. But neither side has still indicated they are any closer to resolving sticking points that collapsed their previous summit. On Tuesday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told a Cabinet meeting that the summit in the DMZ meant the two countries declared "an end of hostile relations" and the "start of an era of peace". Moon, who briefly chatted with Trump and Kim on a DMZ village before the US and North Korean leaders sat for a two-way meeting, described their summit as "historic". He also called the summit "the fruits of amazing imagination", saying it was arranged due to Trump's "unprecedented" Twitter offer for a meeting and Kim's "bold" decision to accept it. |
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