Peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and cooperation between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and five nations in the Mekong sub-region - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – were high on the agenda of the RoK-Mekong Peace Forum in Hanoi on May 10.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Tae-ho on May 8 reiterated the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s policy commitment to deepening ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Eurasian countries for regional peace and prosperity.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has affirmed that Vietnam always treasures its traditional friendship with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which was founded by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-sung.
Media in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on March 12 ran stories affirming the country’s firm commitments to work towards complete denuclearization.
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.
Successfully hosting the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, the Southeast Asian nation is among the world’s top countries with great diplomacy, according to Professor Lee Woong-hyeon from the Korean University’s Division of International Studies.
The government and people of Vietnam are willing to work with their DPRK counterparts to promote win-win cooperation across fields for benefit of their people and in line with international regulations and commitments of each country, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The Vietnamese Party, State, and people always treasure and want to consolidate and develop the traditional friendship with their counterparts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Chinese pundits have made positive comments on the Hanoi summit between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying it was a necessary event that laid a foundation for more talks and progress in the future.
Businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) still hope there will be breakthroughs in inter-Korean cooperation projects in the future despite no agreement being reached on reduced sanctions or denunclearisation at the recent DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit.
Russia welcomes the intention of both US President Donald Trump and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un to continue bilateral dialogue on the Korean Peninsula’s situation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on February 28.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on March 1 that his country and the United States will maintain close cooperation to solve issues related to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including the past abduction of Japanese nationals.
After the second summit between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) concluded in Hanoi without any agreement, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) posted a story saying that the expectations for this summit were never “particularly high”.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on February 28 praised the summit between US President Donald Trump and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un as courageous diplomacy.
Vietnam’s role and position was recognised and highly appreciated by leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States of America (USA), as well as the international community, the spokesperson of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he deeply regrets that no agreement was reached between US President Donald Trump and leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on February 28 that it hopes dialogue and communications between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will continue.
President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in will unveil the details of his new proposal for the future of the Korean Peninsula on March 1, a RoK official said on February 28.
Whether the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un is ready to give up his Yongbyon nuclear complex or not, and what US President Donald Trump will give in return will be the center of their Hanoi declaration, Yonhap News reported.
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