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President Moon Jae-in said on the 28th day of the shooting and murder of a North Korean official, Mr. A, “I hope this tragic incident will be reversed as an opportunity to promote dialogue and cooperation and advance relations. inter-Koreans so that this tragic incident does not end in an incident. ” President Moon gave a heartwarming message about this incident a week after Mr. A’s disappearance and 125 hours after receiving the first face-to-face report from the military that Mr. A was shot and burned.
President Moon told a meeting of senior advisers to the Blue House: “It is desperately necessary for both the South and the North to clarify the facts of this case and to prepare practical measures to prevent a recurrence.” I hope that we will work together to find a solution. “
President Moon again emphasized the reestablishment of the dialogue between the two Koreas, saying: “If the dialogue is cut off, there is no way to solve the problem, and if we do not cooperate with each other, it is difficult to establish effective measures to prevent it from returning. to happen”.
President Moon stipulated this incident as a “sacrifice” or “tragedy” rather than a North Korean provocation. President Moon said, “Looking back, the long history of the division was a record of numerous sacrifices,” and said, “This incident and the conclusion of future treatment will also be recorded in the history of the division.” He added: “The history of the confrontation, where the tragedy is repeated, has to end now,” he said. “I hope that by solving this case we can ignite the spark of dialogue and open the waters of cooperation.
President Moon said: “It is only when contact and communication are made urgently through the lines of military communication between the two Koreas to avoid conflicts or accidental military accidents and to facilitate rescue cooperation even if the citizens of the two Koreas or ships move at sea. ” He said: “I ask the North to restore and restart at least the lines of military communication first.”
However, North Korea sent a document on behalf of the Ministry of Electric Power on the 25th, the day after the announcement of the results of our investigation, and conveyed the meaning of President Kim Jong-un’s ‘sorry’. And on the 8th and 12th, President Moon and Kim Jong-un exchanged letters. It means that the military communication line between the two Koreas was cut, but the communication channel between the NIS and the energy department, the intelligence agencies of both countries, was alive.
In his remarks at all meetings, President Moon said, “I express my deepest condolences and condolences for the pain and grief of grieving families.” However, there was no ritual of silence towards our public officials who were assassinated.
President Moon began with a silence on the victims during the Blue House meeting held immediately after the incident when a fishing boat sank off the coast of Yeongheung Island in December 2017. At the time, President Moon said: “It is the responsibility of the state not to prevent and rescue such accidents for any reason.” He said: “We must consider the responsibility of the state for the life and safety of the people as an unlimited responsibility.”
However, President Moon did not hold a memorial ceremony such as silence at the meeting, and there were no words such as “unlimited state responsibility.”
