South Korea seeks India's support in achieving lasting peace in peninsula

South Korea on Wednesday said India can play an "important role" in working towards lasting peace in the Korean Peninsula as it urged New Delhi to persuade Pyongyang to recalculate its strategy to change its course to denuclearisation.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Enna Park, also said that South Korean President Moon Jae-in is slated to visit India early next month, and during his summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two leaders will link their own initiates – Moon's New Southern Policy and Modi's Act East Policy.

Her remarks assume significance as during the historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last week in Singapore, the latter had pledged to work towards "complete denuclearisation" in return for security guarantees from the US, reports PTI.

"It was a historic meeting, the US-North Korea leaderlevel talks, and they started to build trust for each other, started negotiations and set the tone. We should not lose this historic momentum and work together to make the peace initiative a success," she told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Asked what role did Seoul see for India in this bid for lasting peace in the Korean Peninsula, she said, India's role is important, because "we seek full support" from whole international community, including India.

India had welcomed the United States-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Summit as a "positive development".