Seoul and Pyongyang are discussing the wording of a possible joint statement to be released at the summit on April 27, the official said.

"The complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the most urgent task that lies before us and a task we must complete peacefully", the president said while attending a Buddhist service held for the success of his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

A successful meeting between Moon and Kim could pave the way for the summit planned between Kim and US President Donald Trump - the first between a sitting American president and a North Korean leader.

The festival is a biennial event held to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, North Korea's founder and grandfather of the current leader.

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Earlier Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Kazakhstan H.E. Kim Dae sik explained why President of the country Moon Jae-in had postponed his visit to Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan.

"We expect the summit will confirm the denuclearisation will (of North Korea)", he added.

"North Korea might have thought the US won't begin a dialogue if it had incomplete nuclear and missile capabilities".

The recent thaw between Seoul and Pyongyang follows months of soaring tensions as the North conducted its most powerful nuclear test and launched more than 20 missiles - including two intermediate-range weapons that flew over Japan and another long-range missile that experts say puts the whole of the United States in striking distance.

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The comments by culture minister Do Jong-whan came as the country's conservative newspaper Munwha Ilbo said the two Koreas were discussing plans to announce an official end to the military conflict on the peninsula. He suggested that prospects for nuclear diplomacy would largely depend on what kinds of rewards the United States can offer to the North in return and whether the North will repeat its previous big demands such as the withdrawal of the USA troops in South Korea.

The two leaders will meet at Peace House, a South Korean building inside Panmunjom, making Kim the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the 1950-53 Korean War.

No peace treaty has ever been signed to replace the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean war, and the U.S. and North Korea have been at loggerheads since formal hostilities ended.

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