1. The government of the Republic of Korea welcomes North Korea’s dismantlement of its Punggye-ri nuclear test site on May 24.

2. The ROK government sees the dismantlement of the nuclear test site as the first meaningful step that puts into action the commitment to complete denuclearization, which North Korea expressed at the inter-Korean summit.

3. The ROK government supports the success of the US-North Korea summit, scheduled for next month, and will continue to actively exert diplomatic efforts towards complete denuclearization and the establishment of a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, spelled out in the Panmunjeom Declaration.

* unofficial translation