North Korea hails summit as 'new turning point'

Seoul, Apr 28 North Korea on Saturday applauded the need for achieving a "total denuclearisation" during the joint declaration of the as of late finished up between Korean summit held in Panmunjom on the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

"North and South Korea affirmed the common goal of understanding an nuclear free Korean Peninsula through total denuclearisation," the South Korean news office, Yonhap, cited the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) as saying.

"Sharing the understanding that the measures drove and taken by the North and South are exceptionally important, critical ones for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, (the two sides) consented to satisfy their particular obligations and parts going ahead," the statement included.

The KCNA further said in a separate article that the Panmunjom Declaration "will stamp another turning point in joint endeavors for co-flourishing and independent reunification."

On Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held the noteworthy summit, which was the first occasion when it was held in South Korea, and the first following 11 years.

The two Koreas agreed to sign a peace treaty formally in the not so distant future, finishing the six-decades-old war between the two nations. It likewise consented to accomplish "finish denuclearisation" on the Korean Peninsula.

The Korean War between the two nations occurred between 1950-53, which finished with a truce and consenting to of a cease-fire arrangement.

Notwithstanding, without a peace arrangement, the two nations are in fact still at war.

Kim said that the two Koreas were one joined individuals, who should cooperate towards the objective of accomplishing reunification.

Moon also repeated his firm belief that a new era of lasting peace was close at hand.