President Moon has also been hailing the strength of South Korea-U.S. relations.<br />His latest comments will likely quash rising speculation that there's discord between the two allies over how to deal with North Korea.<br />Hwang Ho-jun reports. <br />President Moon Jae-in is insisting relations between Seoul and Washington are airtight when it comes to North Korea. <br />Asked about how he views concerns the two allies' respective North Korea policies are out of lockstep,... President Moon dismissed the question,... saying there's no basis to the speculation.<br /><br />"I can assure with confidence that such a discord does not exist. <br />I've held in-person meetings and phone conversations with President Trump multiple times, and I believe a great amount of trust and friendship has been established between the two of us. So I think talk of possible discord between South Korea and the U.S. is nothing more than baseless speculation."<br /><br />He then confirmed once and for all that there's absolutely no daylight between the two allies in pursuing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.<br />Such confidence,… the president says,… is based on the change that has happened over the past year-- saying there has not been a single nuclear or missile launch so far.<br /><br />President Moon Jae-in added that, in order to carry out the promises of the Singapore Summit between leaders Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump,… there needs to be a timetable worked out between the two. <br /><br />"The Singapore Summit is only based on the principle of the agreements so it would be advisable to iron out the details of a second North Korea-U.S. summit. And the second North Korea-U.S. summit, scheduled early next year isn't far away. I am optimistic that this process will end well."<br /><br />The promise made in June includes four pillars--- the regime's denuclearization, returning the remains of American war dead, the normalization of relations between the North and the U.S and finally, securing the regime's safety. <br />While President Moon sees the next Kim-Trump summit as an important opportunity to speed things up,… he said he's not at all concerned about the slow progress made over the past month or two.<br />Instead, he expressed his optimism the process will turn out just fine. <br />Hwang Ho-jun, Arirang News. <br />
