U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed he is cooperating with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in.and the situation with North Korea is "coming along."
Speaking at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, he explained Seoul and Washington enjoy a great relationship.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that substantial progress would be made during this month's summit between Washington and Pyeongyang in Hanoi.
He also expressed his hope that progress would be made on all of the pillars the two sides agreed upon in Singapore in June -security and peace on the Korean peninsula, North Korea's denuclearization as well as creating the conditions for a bright future for the people of the North.
The agenda for this month's huge summit in Hanoi has reportedly been set.
This is according to the Trump administration's point man on North Korea.
However, specific details remain unclear at this point and Washington admits a lot of negotiations still to be done by working level officials before President Trump and Kim Jong-un meet for a second time at the end of February.
North Korea and the U.S. were able to set their agenda for the upcoming summit between their leaders, and the next step of their negotiations is set to start in the next working-level meeting.
This is according to U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, who met with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and a delegation of South Korean lawmakers in Washington on Monday.
Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency reported, that Biegun said that Pyeongyang and Washington set the agenda for their talks during their working-level meeting last week, with both sides having the chance to fully explain what they wanted.
He added that the two sides will look to narrow their differences starting from their next round of talks.
South Korea's presidential office had said the two sides will resume their talks in a third country in Asia next week.
Meanwhile, Moon Hee-sang and the South Korean lawmakers will meet with U.S. senators before leaving Washington on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said South Korea's financial contribution should be even bigger.
President Trump's remarks at the White House on Tuesday came just a day after the allies reached an agreement, in which Seoul will pay around nine-hundred-24-million U.S. dollars this year, up more than eight percent from the previous year.
He added Seoul's contribution should increase over the next few years,hinting at more negotiations.
Since 1991,South Korea and the U.S. have signed the Special Measures Agreement, where the allies guarantee and support the stationing of some 28-thousand American forces on the Peninsula by sharing the related costs.
Source: Arirang News
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