SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday positively expected the outcome of the second summit between top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Moon said during a regular meeting with his senior aides that he heard from the U.S. side of the positive assessment on the results of the talks between Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the DPRK's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as well as the former's meeting with Trump.
Kim Yong Chol visited Washington over the weekend, holding high-level talks with Pompeo and met with Trump at the Oval Office of the White House.
Moon said Trump positively assessed his meeting with the senior DPRK official, while working-level talks were under way in Sweden between Pyongyang and Washington, also joined by a South Korean representative.
The news brightened the future for the upcoming summit between the leaders of the DPRK and the United States, which the White House said would be held near the end of February, Moon noted.
Moon stressed that South Korea should take this golden opportunity to peacefully resolve the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula.
He said his country should build an unwavering peace on the peninsula that can lead to an opportunity for growth of the South Korean economy.
