Laos lauds Vietnam’s organisation of DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit

Laos’ main newspapers, namely Pasaxon (The People) and Pathetlao (Lao Nation), published statements on March 5 from the Lao foreign ministry’s spokesperson on the outcomes of the recent DPRK-US Hanoi Summit Vietnam.
Laos lauds Vietnam’s organisation of DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit ảnh 1US President Donald Trump (R) walks with DPRK leader Kim Jong-un during their February summit in Hanoi (Photo: Yonhap/VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – Laos’ mainnewspapers, namely Pasaxon (The People) and Pathetlao (Lao Nation), publishedstatements on March 5 from the Lao foreign ministry’s spokesperson on theoutcomes of the recent DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam.

In the statement, Laos highly valued the effortsmade by leaders of the DPRK and the US in the organisation of their secondsummit, held in Vietnam’s Hanoi capital city on February 27-28.

The country also lauded the Vietnamese Governmentand people in successfully hosting the event, greatly contributing to the regionaland international peace building efforts.

The statement underlined that the meetingin Hanoi has consolidated trust and mutual understanding between leaders of theDPRK and the US, which serves as an important cornerstone for the talks towardsthe construction of new relations between the two nations, as well as the developmentof the Korean Peninsula into an area free from nuclear weapons in the future.

The Lao spokesperson also voiced thecountry’s hope that relevant sides will continue to join hands to maintain thecurrent atmosphere and facilitate talks seeking solutions to the KoreanPeninsula issue with peaceful measures, thus contributing to maintaining peaceand stability in the peninsula and the world.

The nation also reiterated its consistentstance of supporting the building of a nuclear weapon-free Korean Peninsulausing peaceful methods, for peace, stability, and cooperation in the peninsula,region and the world. –VNA
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