Moon Jae-in

“ In the afternoon, the day before yesterday, Chairman Kim conveyed his wish to meet me without any formality, and I readily agreed. I have long emphasized how important it is for the leaders of the two Koreas to meet regularly and communicate directly with each other as a means of overcoming inter-Korean confrontation and discord. It is one of the items contained in the April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration. In this context, I attach a great significance to yesterday’s summit, which was held like a routine meeting between friends, as I do to the historic inter-Korean summit in April. ”

“ When the top of a mountain starts to become visible, taking a step forward becomes even harder. As such, the road to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peace will never be easy. However, as President, I will take the road and will succeed without fail by fully exercising my authority and fulfilling the duty entrusted to me by the Korean people. ”

“ To this end, we agreed to convene the inter-Korean high-level talks on June 1 to be followed by the talks between the military authorities to ease military tensions and the Red Cross talks for the reunion of separated families.
We gave a high evaluation to the fact that the summit yesterday was arranged in a speedy manner without sticking to formalities as the occasion demanded and agreed to communicate or sit together to have candid discussions whenever necessary. Fellow citizens,
In hindsight, we have always felt uneasy for a long time through last year. ”