President Moon Jae-in and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit this afternoon on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. During their 50-minute summit, which was originally planned for 30 minutes, the two leaders had sincere and extensive discussions on issues of mutual interest, including substantive bilateral cooperation and the North Korean nuclear issue.

Stressing that Russia, which borders the Korean Peninsula, was an optimal partner for peace and prosperity in Eurasia, President Moon proposed that the two countries work together to promote substantive progress in their strategic, cooperative partnership on the basis of mutual trust and sense of friendship between them. 

Noting that he regarded Korea as an important partner, President Putin suggested that the two nations work together to further expand mutually beneficial cooperative ties on the strength of on-going cooperation in various sectors.

The two leaders came to a common ground on the need to strengthen substantive cooperation based on the fact that the Eurasian policies of the two nations were closely linked. They also agreed to expand their mutually beneficial cooperation by strengthening their partnership in developing the Russian Far East.

In that regard, President Putin invited President Moon as a guest of honor at the Third Eastern Economic Forum to be held in Vladivostok from September 6 to 7. President Moon gladly accepted the invitation.