A third North Korea-U.S. summit and working-level negotiations towards that end will be “critical” events if denuclearization and peace on the peninsula are to be achieved, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday.

Speaking during the 22nd ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit in Bangkok, the South Korean President expressed his government’s “strong will to make substantive progress in achieving complete denuclearization and establishing permanent peace on the Korean peninsula.”

In a readout of the remarks provided by the South Korean presidential office, Moon said there had been “great progress in the peace process on the Korean peninsula with the support and cooperation of ASEAN.”

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