TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump will meet his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in at the White House on April 11 to discuss their efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and bilateral issues. The White House said in a statement on Thursday that Moon and first lady Kim Jung-sook will visit the White House on April 11.
Trump and Moon will discuss the latest developments regarding North Korea as well as bilateral matters, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said. “The alliance between the US and the Republic of Korea remains the linchpin of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. This visit will strengthen this alliance and the friendship between the two countries,” she said.
Moon was instrumental in brokering talks between Washington and the nuclear-armed and sanctions-hit North Korea. The two presidents will meet a little more than a month after Trump held his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam. However, the US-North Korea summit ended abruptly without a deal, with the US president saying he had decided to “walk” in the face of Kim’s demands to drop sanctions.
