By Park Hye Ri and Kim Hwaya 

President Moon will leave on the afternoon of April 10 for a three-day trip to Washington to hold a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, Cheong Wa Dae said on April 9. 

The meeting between the two leaders is their seventh and comes four months after the G-20 summit opened in Argentina in November last year. Both presidents are expected to focus on quickly reviving the momentum for bilateral dialogue after the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February. 

President Moon will arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington. The next day, he will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence. 

The Moon-Trump summit will start at noon and is expected to last two hours. Both men will exchange opinions on full denuclearization by North Korea, with an expanded meeting to follow. 

Cheong Wa Dae said, "This visit will provide a good opportunity to seek concrete measures for the denuclearization of and a permanent peace settlement on the Korean Peninsula." 

Meanwhile, first lady Kim Jung-sook on the morning of April 11 will visit an elementary school near Washington and attend a luncheon hosted by her American counterpart Melania Trump at the White House. The event will be the first of its kind between the Korean and American first ladies in nearly 30 years, with Cheong Wa Dae saying the event is expected to deepen their "already special relationship." 

President Moon will depart from Washington on April 11 and return home on April 12. 

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