SEOUL, June 14 (CGTN) -- Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-In said on Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week’s Singapore summit, echoing US President Donald Trump’s upbeat assessment of his meeting with Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un.

“There have been many analyses on the outcome of the summit but I think what’s most important was that the people of the world, including those in the United States, Japan and Koreans, have all been able to escape the threat of war, nuclear weapons and missiles,” Moon told visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ahead of a meeting between the two in Seoul.

“I am confident that we took a very good, significant step in Singapore,” Pompeo told Moon on Thursday ahead of a trilateral meeting including Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono.
Pompeo said a day earlier he would like to accomplish major nuclear disarmament in DPRK within Trump’s current term.

“Absolutely ... you used the term major, major disarmament, something like that? We’re hopeful that we can achieve that in the 2-1/2 years,” he said.

The top US diplomat arrived in Seoul on Wednesday. and Moon was given a personal account of the US-DPRK summit from US President Donald Trump himself in a 20-minute telephone conversation, held only hours after Mr. Trump met Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday.