Trade and Nth Korean disarmament to feature in high-level talks with Sth Korean president
Korean President Moon Jae-in is in Auckland today and tomorrow and will meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to discuss trade, co-operation and global efforts to denuclearise North Korea.
“We share a commitment to maintaining peace, prosperity and stability in our region,” Ardern said.
“In particular, New Zealand welcomes the Republic of Korea’s efforts towards resolving the long-standing challenges on the Korean Peninsula.”
Moon and his wife Kim Jung-sook are on their way home from the G20 summit in Argentina, where Washington reaffirmed its hardline on sanctions against North Korea.
North Korea has suspended nuclear and missile tests as it tries to improve relations with the outside world, but had been angered by Washington’s refusal to ease sanctions.
US President Donald Trump said as he was leaving G20 that he hoped to organise a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in early 2019, and will push for a concrete plan to end its arms programmes.
