China expects upcoming DPRK-ROK summit to yield positive outcomes

BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang here on Monday said that China expected the upcoming summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to achieve positive outcomes.

Geng said that China hopes the positive outcomes of the upcoming summit could further strengthen inter-Korean coordination and interaction, maintain and consolidate the momentum for detente on the peninsula and continue to promote the positive role of the political ways of settling Korean Peninsula issues.

ROK President Moon Jae-in and top leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un will hold their third summit in Pyongyang from Tuesday to Thursday as agreed upon in their April summit at the border village of Panmunjom.

China will continue to fully support the improvement of relations between the two sides of the Korean Peninsula and make efforts and contributions to the early realization of the denuclearization of the peninsula and the long-term stability in Northeast Asia, said Geng, adding that it is also hoped that the international community will continue to play an active and constructive role in this regard.

When commenting on the moves that the DPRK and the ROK opened a joint liaison office at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong on Sept 14, Geng extended China's sincere congratulations, saying that the launching of the office will help the DPRK and the ROK to consolidate trust, improve ties, promote reconciliation and cooperation and will also create a favorable atmosphere for the upcoming summit.