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US Secretary of State Stephen Biegan and the Special Representative in North Korea visited South Korea on the 8th. As this is Veegan’s last visit, he showed extraordinary interest and affection for the North Korean negotiations and the United States, the Korean government is paying special attention to this visit.
When invited to visit Korea, “a chicken is served”
Vegan’s visit to Korea, which took place less than a month into Donald Trump’s administration, is said to have been at the invitation of the first deputy foreign minister last month. Vice Minister Choi proposed a visit to Korea, which would be the last time in his term, to Vice Minister Vegan, who participated on video in the Korea-United States business meeting held by the National Federation of Entrepreneurs and the American Chamber of Commerce last month. . In particular, Minister Choi is said to have proposed the invitation and accompanied the comments to the effect of ‘serving a chicken and soju’. This is a consideration of the vegan minister’s ‘love for chicken’, who eats at the only chicken restaurant across from the accommodation where he stays in Korea every time he visits Korea, and even challenges himself to cook a chicken in the USA
In response, Veegan responded by saying, ‘A chicken is always good,’ and it is known that he was willing to accept the invitation and adjust the schedule. As promised, on the 10th, Vice Minister Choi rents a whole chicken restaurant, which is the “ usual ” of the Vegan Minister, and serves dinner. The Foreign Ministry reportedly reserved the entire restaurant to ensure a space to comply with quarantine guidelines.
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On the morning of the 9th, the Vice Minister of Vegan, who will start the official schedule with the Meeting of the Korea-United States Vice Minister with Vice Minister Choi, will meet and dismiss the high-ranking diplomatic and security officials who have kept pace during 3 nights and 4 days. They are expected to share an assessment and a meeting with the Trump administration on the North Korean negotiation process. On the afternoon of the 9th, Vice-Gon is expected to meet with Lee Do-hoon, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiations Headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has kept pace with Korea for the longest time, and will discuss the main issues on the Korean peninsula that will be taken up by the new Joe Biden administration, as well as the stability of the situation on the Korean peninsula under the Lee Yang-ki regime. do. Following this, a dinner hosted by Principal Lee will be held.
Serve dinner for three consecutive days.
On the 10th a breakfast with the Unification Minister, Lee In-young, is scheduled. The Vegan Minister’s message is expected to come from a conference held at the Asan Institute for Political Studies this afternoon. Notably, this message, which is expected to be his last as the U.S. special representative to North Korea, will contain advice for the next U.S. administration, including North Korea, along with the comments so far. On the 11th, it is reported that a lunch will be scheduled with Swedish envoy Kent Hashtedt and the head of the Korean Peninsula, Lee Do-hoon, who are visiting Korea. The last night before departure, she is attended by Foreign Minister Kang Gyeong-hwa at the Korean Embassy in Hannam-dong, Seoul. The high ranking of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took care of his dinner for three days. In addition, Vice-Gun said that he plans to meet with the head of the National Security Office, Seo Hoon, the second deputy head of the National Security Office, Kim Hyun-jong, and the director of the National Intelligence Service, Park Jiwon.
Some are afraid that Korean diplomatic and security lines will treat Vice Minister Vegan honestly. As if aware of this, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with reporters on the 8th and explained: “There may be talks about whether the Minister will come, and even whether the Minister is doing well, but the alliance of the ROK-US is valuable enough to treat people who are leaving. “
Moon Jae-in government and vegan
In fact, the basis of this hospitality is the deep appreciation of Moon Jae-in’s administration towards the Vice Minister. In a press release on the 7th announcing his visit to Korea, the Foreign Ministry wrote that Minister Kang is organizing a “Breath Dinner”. This was unexpected even when he was appointed Special Representative to North Korea in late August 2018. At that time, he was selected as vice president of international affairs for Ford Motor Company during his 14 years as a key executive at Ford. He served as a staff member of the White House National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice under the George Bush administration, and served as a diplomatic adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain. He was introduced as an “expert” who also worked on the committee. The attention was high, but the expectations were not high. After his first visit to Korea soon, there was a reaction from the Korean side that “the people were so good.”
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In December 2018, he came with a rather progressive message. On the way to the country, the Trump administration announced that it would allow humanitarian aid to North Korea in the new year and that it would review the ban on US citizens from traveling to North Korea.
Senior Officials “Vegan Was Willing”
It can be said that it was a speech at Stanford University in California, USA on January 31, 2019, five months after its inauguration. This speech became one of the driving factors for North Korea-US relations that fell into hiatus after the first North Korea-US summit in Singapore in June 2018. In his speech, presented a ‘simultaneous and parallel implementation of’ denuclearization-establishment of a peace regime between North Korea and the United States’. In response to North Korea’s denuclearization measures promoted by the Bill Clinton administration in the 1990s, the United States was in line with the so-called “action versus action” principle that the United States took appropriate action. He also claimed that the Trump administration ‘is going to guarantee a stay in North Korea’, saying, “I am ready to end the war” or “I do not seek to overthrow the North Korean regime.” In some cases, the possibility of a partial relaxation of sanctions was also suggested. Furthermore, it was assessed that they carefully approached proud North Korea by carefully pointing out the differences in the North Korean-American regime.
Since then, the most talked about by Moon Jae-in’s senior government officials is that “the vegan has the will.” They often said they had not come across US officials who approached North Korea with a candid approach like the Vegan Secretary of State.
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In the memoirs of former White House national security adviser John Bolton, a super-tough liner against North Korea, there are various criticisms of vegan as “oil painting.” Bolton said of the draft agreement made by Vice Minister Vegan, who led the working-level negotiations ahead of the second North Korea-United States summit, with Kim Hyuk-cheol, the then North Korea special representative: “ “ In exchange, North Korea only listed another ambiguous denuclearization statement. “I have been criticized” and wrote that he ‘boycotted’ in all directions. Bolton said that Vygan’s commitment to reach an agreement at the North Korean-US summit in Hanoi was significant and considered dangerous. Following Secretary Pompeo’s fourth visit to North Korea (October 2018), Vice Minister Vegan visited Pyongyang for 3 days and 2 nights in early February 2019 ahead of the second North Korea-US Summit. conduct practical negotiations. to have.
Vegan, message several times north
Vegan was promoted to undersecretary of the US State Department in late October last year, but did not resign from his post as special representative in North Korea. When I visited Korea just a year ago, I received a message from the North several times to get out of the deadlock after the Stockholm negotiations in October last year, indicating that it was time to work together and that it was time to finish the job. Delivered. However, he is said to have received no response from the north.
After the winter of the peace process on the Korean Peninsula ended, Veegan is down from where he is now. However, those who remember their gratitude as they prepared for their farewell visit to Korea vow to rekindle the ‘Korean Peninsula spring’.
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