'US, China, North Korea agree in principle on formal end of Korean War'

CANBERRA: Visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that the US, China and North Korea agree in principle on declaring a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War and Seoul will push to make it happen.

Moon made the remarks while addressing a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison after bilateral summit talks in Canberra, reports Yonhap News Agency.

"The US, China and North Korea have all expressed their agreement in theory, in principle," the President said, referring to the end-of-war declaration, which he himself proposed.

"However, because North Korea is demanding the fundamental withdrawal of the US' hostile policy toward the North as a precondition, we have not been able to enter talks."

Moon said his government will work until the end to bring the parties to an agreement. During the war, the US fought alongside South Korea to fend off an invasion by North Korea, which was backed by China. (IANS)

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