Former President Moon Jae-in visited the National Assembly on the 27th and urged a meeting between North Korea's Chairperson Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
At a ceremony at the National Assembly that afternoon marking the eighth anniversary of the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration, former President Moon emphasized, "The role of the Lee Jae-myung administration is clear. I earnestly hope to restart the stalled peace process so the Korean Peninsula becomes a land of sustainable peaceful coexistence and prosperity, not a stage for confrontation."
Former President Moon said, "I urge Chairperson Kim Jong-un," and added, "True security cannot be guaranteed by building up military power and raising the walls of isolation and severance. I hope you will boldly sit down with President Trump, who has shown a willingness to talk."
He continued, "I also ask President Trump," saying, "Managing stability on the Korean Peninsula is the most certain way to reduce the United States' burden and to shift the world order to an order of peace."
Attending the event were National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik, the Democratic Party leadership, pro-Moon lawmakers, and Cho Kuk, leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party. Former presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok, lawmaker Ko Min-jung, and former lawmaker Kim Eui-kyeom looked after former President Moon, and Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae also attended in person and delivered congratulatory remarks.
In a congratulatory message read by Hong Ik-pyo, senior presidential secretary for political affairs at the Blue House, President Lee Jae-myung said, "Since its launch, the popular sovereignty government has made peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula its top policy goal," and added, "We have also made clear the principle of respecting the North's system, not pursuing absorption-based unification, and refraining from any hostile acts."