Moon & Biden agree to work on joint North Korea strategy

SEOUL: The South Korean and US presidents agreed on the need for a comprehensive strategy on North Korea as they push to work together to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, officials said. During their first phone talks since President Joe Biden's Januar y 20 inauguration, South Korean President Moon Jae-in proposed the allies make joint efforts for lasting peace and denuclearisation.

Biden said it's important for Washington and Seoul to have the same position and that his government will closely cooperate with South Korea to achieve joint objectives, Moon's office said.

The two leaders agreed on the need to soon map out a "comprehensive strategy on North Korea if possible," Moon's spokesman, Kang Min-seok, said. -