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US President Trump gave his support to South Korea to end the military conflict with North Korea which began in 1950 and has technically continued since a 1953 truce was signed, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
Washington D.C: United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent his "blessings" to North-South Korea's joint efforts to improve their bilateral relations.
Trump while addressing the media on the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a two-day visit to the United States, gave his support to South Korea to end the military conflict with North Korea which began in 1950 and has technically continued since a 1953 truce was signed, as reported by the South China Morning Post.
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While confirming to direct the upcoming North-South Korea talks at 'very high level' President Trump gave them "blessing" to discuss a formal end to the war.
North-South Korea is scheduled to host the first-ever inter-Korean summit in which the leaders Kim Jong Un and Shinzo Abe are expected to release a joint statement about working together to bring the Korean war to an end.
A direct telephone line between Moon and Kim may be connected around Friday, Moon's chief of staff, Im Jong-Seok, said in a briefing on Tuesday, adding that it had not been decided when they will hold their first conversation.
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Since the Korean War ended in 1953 no peace treaty has been signed between the countries that have become a point of contention between the United States and North Korea.
The military troops of North Korea and US-backed South Korean troops have been for years lined up against each other at their common border though any full-fledged war has been avoided at all cost.
North-South Korea is scheduled to host the third inter-Korean summit on April 27. It will be followed by Kim's proposed summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in May. (ANI)
