SL welcomes Korea Summit, looks forward to S’pore Summit

While welcoming the Inter-Korea Summit held in April, the Sri Lankan Government today said it looks forward to the Summit between the two leaders of the US and North Korea which is scheduled to be held in June in Singapore.

Issuing a statement, the Foreign Affairs Ministry today said, “Sri Lanka welcomes the Inter-Korea Summit between the leaders of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on April 27, 2018 and the adoption of the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula,”

It said Sri Lanka looks forward to the implementation of the important commitments and agreed actions outlined in the Declaration aimed at progressing through dialogue, diplomacy and trust-building towards achieving sustainable peace and prosperity, and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

“We also look forward to the consolidation and advancement of the gains at the Panmunjom Summit at the Summit between the two leaders of the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that is expected to take place on 12 June 2018 in Singapore,” the statement said.