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Lee In-young “Inter-Korean cooperation of life problems such as health care”
Proposal of ‘CVP’ applying the principle of denuclearization to peace
“It’s time to get out of the Cold War alliance,” says Lee In-young
The meaning of indirect controls in promoting the improvement of inter-Korean relations
Unification Minister Lee In-young used the phrase on North Korea’s denuclearization principle to usher in an era of “complete, verifiable and irreversible peace” and urged North Korea to respond.
In the midst of this, the US State Department responded directly to his comments that he wanted the ROK-US alliance to escape the Cold War alliance.
This is reporter Dowon Kim.
[기자]Unification Minister Lee In-young repeatedly emphasized inter-Korean cooperation through “small projects.”
It means that you can start with life issues, like medical care and common quarantine, and turn the waters into peace.
He said that it is better to take even a small step rather than not take a step, and applied the basic principles of denuclearization of North Korea that the United States had established for peace.
[이인영 / 통일부 장관 : 남북이 주도하고 국제사회와 협력하여 완전하고, 검증가능하며, 되돌릴 수 없는 평화의 시대를 열어야 할 것입니다.]Minister Lee expected a response from the North, saying such cooperation could eventually speed up the peace process on the Korean peninsula and talks about denuclearization in North America.
However, it is not clear whether North Korea, which accuses the South of being bound by foreign powers and does not uphold the agreement between the two Koreas, will respond to Lee’s “little project”.
In the midst of this, Minister Lee’s statements last week that relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea should emerge from the Cold War alliance were belatedly disputed by the unusual rebuttal from the United States.
The US State Department affirmed with the voice of the United States that the alliance goes beyond security and cooperation, and emphasized that the common values of freedom, democracy and human rights have strengthened solid ties.
It is interpreted to mean that the improvement of inter-Korean relations promoted by Minister Lee should be in line with the cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States.
[문정인 / 대통령 통일외교안보특보 : 국무부에서 왜 그런 비판적인 코멘트를 냈는지 이해하기가 상당히 어렵네요. 이인영 장관을 무슨 색안경을 끼고 보는 것 같은 느낌이 있어서 안타까운 느낌이 듭니다.]The Unification Ministry explained that Lee’s statements were intended to hope that the ROK-US alliance will evolve into a peace-leading alliance in Northeast Asia.
We draw a line on the observation that Lee might visit the United States sooner or later.
I am YTN Kim Do-won.
