South Korea's Moon says he hopes for progress on denuclearisation, treaty at next summit

 

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in speaks at the ISEAS 42nd Singapore Lecture in Singapore July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday his planned third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month would be another step towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and an end to the 1950-53 Korean War.

 

Moon said he hoped for speedy progress in talks between North Korea and the United States to achieve Pyongyang's complete denuclearisation.

 

He also said he aimed to begin construction of an inter-Korean railway this year, proposing an East Asian railroad community by including the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia. His remarks were made in a speech marking the 73rd anniversary of the peninsula's liberation from Japanese rule from 1910-45.

 

(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

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He also said he aimed to begin construction of an inter-Korean railway this year, proposing an East Asian railroad community by including the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia.

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