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Qatar has welcomed Friday's historic Korean summit between the leaders of South Korea and North Korea at the border between the two countries.
In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed hope that the outcome of the summit would contribute to the normalisation of relations between the two countries, after decades of estrangement, and open the door for communication between the people of the two countries.
The statement said Qatar hopes the military talks between the two countries slated for next month to culminate in an agreement on nuclear disarmament on the Korean Peninsula, paving the way for lasting peace and stability in the region and the world at large.
The leaders of North and South Korea embraced on Friday and pledged to work for the"complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula" on a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.
The two Koreas announced they would work with the US and China this year to declare an official end to the 1950s Korean War and establish a permanent peace agreement, removing an important vestige of the conflict.
But their commitments were short on specifics and failed to clear up key questions about Pyongyang's intentions over its nuclear arsenal ahead of an even more critical summit, with US President Donald Trump, that is expected in coming weeks.
Trump hailed the results of the summit but said he would not allow himself to be"played like a fiddle" by North Korea like past US administrations. page 6
