15 June 2017

News Story: S. Korea hopes to win U.S. backing for broader peace role - adviser

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea hopes to use the upcoming summit between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump to win U.S. backing for Seoul playing a leading role in efforts to bring permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula, a special presidential adviser said Wednesday.

Moon Chung-in, an honorary Yonsei University professor who serves as special presidential adviser for unification, foreign and security affairs, made the remark upon arrival in Washington on a mission to improve understanding among American opinion leaders of the new government's foreign affairs and inter-Korean policy ahead of the summit set for June 29-30.

"The large framework for this summit is to solidify the Korea-U.S. alliance, coordinate the North Korean nuclear issue between the two countries and get the U.S. to support Seoul playing a leading role in establishing permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula," the adviser said.

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