1. On the evening of September 21, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha held a telephone conversation with Secretary of State of the United States Mike Pompeo, and explained to him the outcome of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit Pyeongyang.

2. Secretary Pompeo commended President Moon Jae-in’s efforts to achieve progress toward denuclearization. The Minister and the Secretary voiced hope that the Republic of Korea-United States summit talks slated for the following week will serve as a significant opportunity for complete denuclearization and the establishment of a permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula; and agreed to coordinate closely at various levels.

* unofficial translation