Leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday that South Korea will have to take the initiative in dealing with the North Korea’s nuclear program, and on inter-Korean issues, in the Donald Trump era.

Speaking at a seminar entitled “Inauguration of U.S. Trump and Direction of South Korea’s Foreign and Security Policy” hosted by his think tank in Seoul, Moon pledged to shape South Korea’s diplomacy to “responsibly ensure national security.”

“With the launch of the Trump administration, it is predicted that a new transformation will emerge in U.S.-South Korean security cooperation, including a request to increase the defense burden-sharing for