President Moon Jae-in and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed on the need to seek trilateral economic cooperation among the two Koreas and Russia. 

Presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said in a written press briefing on Sunday that Moon and Putin held talks over the phone at 5 p.m. Sunday for 35 minutes to discuss the outcome of Moon's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. 

Moon thanked Putin for Russia's consistent attention and support for the success of the inter-Korean summit, calling for the Russian president's continued support. 

Putin responded that the inter-Korean summit will lay a solid foundation for establishing a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. 

He stressed that the result of the inter-Korean summit needs to lead to three-way cooperative projects among South and North Korea and Russia, saying that if Russia's railway, gas and electricity are connected to the Korean Peninsula via Siberia, it will help bring peace and stability in the region.

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