U.S. President Donald Trump told South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that he remains committed to engaging with North Korea, citing his longstanding relationship with leader Kim Jong-un. The 30-minute meeting — the third between the two presidents — also covered South Korea's pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines, uranium enrichment rights, and bilateral shipbuilding cooperation. Lee, who separately addressed the UN General Assembly, pledged to act as a "pacemaker" for peace on the Korean Peninsula (which has remained technically at war since the 1950–53 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty), urging the swift resumption of U.S.–North Korea talks as a pathway toward a formal peace regime.