Trump, Moon to Meet in Washington in April

By Staff, Agencies

US President Donald Trump will host his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in next month, Seoul said Friday, after the latest summit between Washington and Pyongyang ended in deadlock.

Moon has long backed a policy of engagement with nuclear-armed, sanctions-hit Pyongyang and was instrumental in brokering talks between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

However, the failure of Kim and Trump to reach an agreement in Hanoi on curtailing Pyongyang's nuclear program in exchange for relaxation of sanctions has raised questions over the future of the process.

Moon will visit Washington for two days from April 10, an official from the South's presidential Blue House told AFP.

"The two leaders will have in-depth talks... to coordinate their stance on setting up a peace regime on the Korean peninsula through complete denuclearization," Yoon Do-han, the senior presidential press secretary said Friday.