South Korea's Moon says three-way-summit with North Korea, US possible.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday a three-way summit with North Korea and the United States is possible and that talks should-
*Aim for an end to the nuclear threat on the Korean peninsula*.
Moon is planning a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un next month after a flurry of diplomatic activity in Asia, Europe and the United States.
US President Donald Trump has also said he would meet Kim by the end of May.
''A North Korea-US summit would be a historic event in itself following an inter-Korean summit,'' Moon said at the presidential Blue House in Seoul after a preparatory meeting for the inter-Korean summit.
''Depending on the location, it could be even more dramatic. And depending on progress, it may lead to a three-way summit between the South, North and the United States,'' he said.
Seoul Officials are considering the border truce village of Panmunjom, where Moon and Kim are set for a one-day meeting-
As the venue for talks between not only Kim and Moon but also a possible three-way meeting.
A Blue House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Moon did not specifically refer Panmunjom or that a three-way summit had been discussed with Washington before the president spoke.
[Agencies]
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