文 “The United States will not accept without denuclearization” in the call for the ‘End of the war’

Enter 2020.10.10 11:13

President Wen calls for “cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States for the declaration of the end of the Korean peninsula.”
US State Department “Proposal to end the war is on the negotiating table”
American experts say: “First the conditions for peace must be created.”

President Moon Jae-in delivered a speech on the 8th (Korean perspective): “I hope both countries (Korea and the United States) will cooperate and lead the active participation of the international community for the ‘Declaration of the end of the war’ in the Korean peninsula “. However, US experts analyzed that “the United States will not accept the declaration of the end of the war that does not accompany the advance of the denuclearization of North Korea,” the US Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) reported on the 9th (local time).

President Moon said in a keynote address on the video of the Korea Society’s annual dinner on the 8th that “The Declaration of War is the beginning of peace on the Korean peninsula, and only lasting peace on the Korean peninsula. Korean Peninsula truly rewards the sacrifices and devotion of veterans. ” It was 15 days after asking the international community for an end to the war in a keynote speech at the UN General Assembly.

The US State Department Spokesman’s Office Responded to President Moon’s Request for a Comment from the FRG on the Korea Society’s End-of-War Declaration Speech: “The United States is Committed to Meaningful Negotiations with North Korea so that North Koreans can have a better future. It’s on the table. ” “We will take a flexible approach to reach a balanced agreement on all the promises of the US-North Korea summit in Singapore.”

Regarding the position of the US State Department, US experts explained that they are trying to link the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula with the declaration of the end of the war. Former White House arms policy coordinator Gary Seymour told RFA: “If the United States moves forward on the denuclearization of North Korea, for example, if North Korea fully discloses its nuclear facilities and capabilities , you can declare the end of the war in return. ” It means that the Declaration of War can be used as a letter of negotiation, such as establishing a liaison office in Pyongyang.

The former Seymour coordinator said: “The United States is willing to use the End of War Declaration card to sign a nuclear agreement that includes denuclearization measures, but will not otherwise declare an end to the war.”

“This State Department comment politely expresses that the United States’ position that the Declaration of War can be used as a negotiating letter for the denuclearization of North Korea has not changed,” said Evans Revere, former Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. from East Asia and the Pacific. He said: “To declare the end of war, the conditions for peace must first be established, but the reality is not at all.”

Principal Investigator Bruce Klingner of the US Heritage Foundation noted that denuclearization was not mentioned in President Moon’s end-of-war statement. He insisted. He added that “North Korea is not putting much emphasis on declaring the end of the war either,” he added.

Lead Investigator Klingner said he was personally told by a South Korean government official that “South Korea’s assertion of an end to the war is intended to lead North Korea refusing to speak to the United States and South Korea to the negotiating ground. “