The U.S. Department of Defense said that the United States is open to discussing a possible declaration of an end to the Korean War. 

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby issued the position on Wednesday when asked about South Korean President Moon Jae-in's call for a war-ending declaration in his speech at the UN General Assembly.

Kirby said that the U.S. continues to seek engagement with North Korea to address a variety of issues, and it is open to discussing the possibility of an end of war declaration. 

The spokesperson added that the United States is also committed to diplomacy and dialogue with North Korea to achieve the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. 

He said that the U.S. knows that this is a complex issue and it is committed to supporting the role of its diplomats in having that kind of dialogue going forward. 

On Tuesday, President Moon proposed in his UN speech that either three parties, consisting of the two Koreas and the United States, or four parties, with the addition of China, come together and declare that the war on the Korean Peninsula is over.