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Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that his government will seek "realistic and practical ways" for cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) upon the second anniversary of the Panmunjom Declaration.
The declaration was signed by Moon and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un during their first summit on April 27, 2018, at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom, according to the presidential Blue House.
The little progress so far in following up on the Panmunjom Declaration is not due to the lack of the two Koreas' commitment to actions but because of a failure to overcome the existing international restrictions, he said during a weekly meeting with his senior Cheong Wa Dae aides."But we can't just wait for the conditions to improve," Moon stressed. "We must continue to do even small things that we can do amid realistic constraints."
He also said the ROK will do what it can in connection with the project to relink the inter-Korean railways.
ROK President Moon Jae-in (R) and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un sign the "Panmunjom Declaration" on April 27 and vow to put an end to the Korean War. /Reuters
The first Kim-Moon summit, as well as their second summit in the following month, helped to pave the way for Kim's historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
The Singapore summit was the first-ever meeting between a DPRK top leader and a sitting U.S. president.
The anniversary comes amid speculations about Kim's health condition. In response to a question on the issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Tuesday that he was not sure of the source of such speculation. Several ROK government officials also said they had not confirmed any of the information regarding the health of the DPRK leader.
(CGTN)
