South Korean President Moon Jae-in (wearing a pink tie) walks out of his Air Force One after arriving in Berlin on July 5, 2017, on an official visit that will include a bilateral summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Image: Yonhap)
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday for the Group of 20 summit where he is expected to rally international support for ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
The summit slated for Friday and Saturday comes amid heightened tensions after the communist North test fired what it claimed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks in a meeting with members of Germany’s nonprofit think tank, Korber Foundation, in Berlin on July 6, 2017. (Image: Yonhap)
Moon stressed the urgency of the issue in an earlier meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, noting the North was developing its missile program at a much greater speed than earlier expected.
The German chancellor expressed her support for Seoul’s leadership in ridding North Korea of its nuclear and missile programs, according to Moon’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.
outh Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook tours the Tranenpalast,” also colloquially known as “Palace of Tears,” in Berlin on July 5, 2017, in this photo released by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. The building was built after the Berlin Wall was erected and used as a departure terminal for people leaving East Germany for West Berlin until 1990. (Image: Yonhap)
This year’s host of the G20 leading economies also promised to seek a joint reaction of world leaders, possibly in their joint statement expected at the end of their two-day meeting in Hamburg, it said.
(Yonhap)
