Macron hopes new negotiation to help preserve Korean peninsula stability

Paris Jan 20 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron hopes a fresh round of negotiations will help preserve stability on the Korean Peninsula.

Over a phone conversation with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday Macron "welcomed the resumption of the inter-Korean dialogue and hoped that it would help reduce tensions and build confidence to lead to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula " the French presidency said in a statement on Friday Xinhua reported.

The French President emphasised North Korea participating in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was "a positive element " said the statement.

North Korea and South Korea had held a high-level meeting last week and a working-level meeting this week on North s participation in the Winter Olympics.

The two sides have reached consensus on measures to ease tensions.

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