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South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook at the Cordis hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, on Dec. 3. (Blue House photo pool)
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Refers to meeting with Trump at G20 Summit to cooperate on mutual s. Korea-US goals
Meeting with ethnic Koreans in New Zealand on Dec. 3 during a visit as a guest of the state, South Korean President Moon Jae-in pledged to “achieve complete denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.” Speaking with Korean-New Zealanders at the Cordis hotel in Auckland, Moon declared, “If the dramatic change toward peace on the Korean Peninsula succeeded, it will be a great outcome not only for us South Koreans but for overseas Koreans as well.” “When he became the first person in history to climb Mt. Everest, New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary said, ‘It was simple. I just put one foot in front of the other,’” he added. “I believe that if we keep putting one foot in front of the other, we will reach the path of peace on the Korean Peninsula that once seemed impossible,” he continued. On the same day, Moon met with New Zealand Governor-General Patsy Reddy and Simon Bridges, leader of the leading opposition New Zealand National Party. During his meeting with Bridges, Moon was quoted by Blue House Deputy Spokesperson Ko Min-jeong as saying that he had “met with US President Donald Trump during the G20 summit and agreed on our two sides cooperating closely to achieve great progress with the Korean Peninsula’s denuclearization through a reciprocal visit to Seoul by [North Korean leader] Kim Jong-un and a second North Korea-US summit.” By Seong Yeon-cheol, staff reporter Please direct comments or questions to [english@hani.co.kr]
