President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed on the need for a top-down approach in three-way dialogue among both Koreas and the U.S. for the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, National Security Director Chung Eui-yong said on April 11. In a news briefing after the Moon-Trump summit at the White House in Washington, Chung said both leaders held a face-to-face talk, small group meeting and expanded summit on denuclearization efforts, including resuming talks between North Korea and the U.S.  President Moon lauded Trump for playing a crucial role in achieving progress in such efforts, including the North’s suspension of nuclear and missile tests, through two summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

President Moon Jae-in on April 10 arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, near Washington at 5:25 p.m. He and first lady Kim Jung-sook were welcomed by Acting U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Japan and Korea Marc Knapper, David Sumera, commander of the 89th Airlift Support Group, and other American officials as well as Korean ambassador to Washington Cho Yoon-je.  President Moon will rest for the day, and his itinerary will start on the morning of April 11 with meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence. 

President Moon will leave on the afternoon of April 10 for a three-day trip to Washington to hold a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, Cheong Wa Dae said on April 9.  The meeting between the two leaders is their seventh and comes four months after the G-20 summit opened in Argentina in November last year. Both presidents are expected to focus on quickly reviving the momentum for bilateral dialogue after the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February.  President Moon will arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington. The next day, he will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence.