Moon: Kim, Trump wish for DPRK-US summit 'wholeheartedly'

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Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in said Sunday that both top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump "wholeheartedly" wished for success in their summit, which is scheduled on June 12 in Singapore.

Moon Jae-in made the remarks during a nationally televised press briefing about his surprise meeting with Kim over the weekend at the border village of Panmunjom, the second time the two have met in person. The meeting was held at the request of Kim, Moon said.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he welcomes Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-In in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, May 22, 2018. /VCG Photo

Moon said Kim reaffirmed his commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and to the planned meeting with Trump.

“Chairman Kim and I have agreed that the June 12 summit should be held successfully, and that our quest for the Korean Peninsula’s denuclearization and a perpetual peace regime should not be halted,” Moon said.

June 12 Trump-Kim Summit: Is it a go?

- May 10: Trump announces on Twitter that he will meet Kim in Singapore on June 12.

- May 12: DPRK details plans to dismantle its nuclear bomb test site.

- May 16: DPRK threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over US National Security John Bolton's comments on "Libyan model."

- May 18: Trump states US is not pursuing Libya model for DPRK's denuclearization.

- May 18: Senior DPRK official Choe Son Hui calls US' comments over Libya model “ignorant” and “stupid.”

- May 24: Trump cancels his summit with Kim, citing "tremendous anger and open hostility."

- May 24: DPRK is "surprised" at the cancellation, still expresses hope for Trump-Kim summit.

- May 27: Kim expresses "fixed will" on Trump-Kim summit.

- May 27: Moon says both him and Kim believe "June 12 summit should be held successfully."

- May 27: Trump states he's still "looking at June 12 in Singapore," adding the summit is "moving along very nicely."

ROK President Moon Jae-in is greeted by DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un during their summit at the truce village of Panmunjom. /VCG Photo

The ROK president also confirmed new high-level talks with Kim, which will take place in just five days. This will be their third in-person meeting.

Moon and Kim's second meeting was at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on May 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. local time. The two-hour meeting came one month after the first inter-Korean summit, where they declared to work toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

The two leaders’ meeting came days after US President Donald Trump announced his reconsideration of the planned US-DPRK summit in Singapore, just a day after he called it off.

Earlier on Tuesday, Moon also met with Trump in Washington, during which the highly anticipated Trump-Kim summit topped the agenda.