ROK's president to visit Russia for summit from June 21 to 23

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‍The Republic of Korea's (ROK) President Moon Jae-in will make a state visit to Russia from June 21 to 23 to hold a summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the presidential Blue House of the ROK said on Friday.

The Moon-Putin summit will come after the historic summit between Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and US President Donald Trump scheduled for June 12 in Singapore.

Kim Eui-kyeom, Moon's spokesman, told a press briefing that the leaders of the ROK and Russia will talk about Korean Peninsula denuclearization and the peace settlement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the ROK Moon Jae-in leave after a meeting as part of the 3rd Eastern Economic Forum hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University at Russky Island outside Vladivostok, September 6, 2017. /VCG Photo

Moon and Putin will also discuss ways to increase bilateral cooperation and strengthen cooperation for co-prosperity and development in the Eurasian continent beyond Northeast Asia, the spokesman said.

After the April 27 summit at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom, the leaders of the DPRK and the ROK agreed to link roads and railways along the western and eastern corridors of the divided peninsula.

If connected, the roads and railways would be extended to China and Russia.

Putin is paying his first trip to China from June 8 to 10, after being re-elected as Russian president for a fourth term in office in March.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency