South Korean leader wants rail, road links with North as first step toward economic integration
2018-08-16 09:47:16 source:The Washington Post
August 15, 2018
TOKYO — South Korean President Moon Jae-in pledged on Wednesday to establish road and rail links with North Korea soon, as a first step toward the sort of regional economic integration Europe established after World War II.
Moon will travel to Pyongyang next month for his third meeting this year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and he pledged the two would take an “audacious step” toward the signing of a peace treaty and the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Moon spoke during a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule. He said good relations between the two Koreas would be the “driving force” toward the denuclearization of the peninsula.
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