SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- n President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump talked over phone about the Korean Peninsula issue and upcoming the Winter Olympics, the presidential Blue House said on Saturday.
Moon and Trump held a telephone conversation for 30 minutes on Friday night, agreeing to closely cooperate for the successful hosting of the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games set to kick off on Feb. 9 in South Korea's eastern county of PyeongChang.
Moon expressed his gratitude to Trump for sending a high-ranking U.S. delegation, including Vice President Mike Pence, to the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics.
The South Korean president said he hoped to make the PyeongChang Winter Olympics an opportunity for the inter-Korean dialogue that would last after the Winter Olympics and contribute to peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Moon wished that Vice President Pence's attendance at the Winter Olympics can become a significant turning point for that momentum.
During the high-level inter-Korean talks in January, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea () agreed to send its athletes and cheerleaders to the South Korea-hosted winter sports event, as well as a high-ranking delegation.
During their phone talks in January, Moon and Trump saw a possibility for the inter-Korean talks naturally leading to a dialogue between the DPRK and the for the denuclearized Korean Peninsula.
The possibility cannot be ruled out for Pence to meet with ranking DPRK officials during the Winter Olympics.
