Russia hopes that next year the United States and North Korea will work on building new relations as part of an effort to establish a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview with Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th December, 2018) Russia hopes that next year the United States and North Korea will work on building new relations as part of an effort to establish a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview with Sputnik.
"We hope that next year Pyongyang and Washington will be able to speed up the establishment of the 'new' relations in all areas ... to strengthen mutual trust and promote the establishment of a lasting peace on the peninsula and its denuclearization as part of our common efforts," Lavrov said.
The foreign minister also praised the efforts made by both Seoul and Pyongyang to improve their bilateral relations.
On June 12, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Singapore, where they committed to establish new US-North Korea relations. In the joint declaration, Kim pledged to work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, while in return, Trump promised to provide certain security guarantees to North Korea.
