G2 Koreans Who Have Finished ‘Rope Walking Diplomacy’ … Can We Prepare A Forum For North American Dialogue?

[아시아경제 이지은 기자] The Korea-China diplomatic ministers meeting and the Korea-US-Japan security chiefs meetings ended after affirming common interest in “solving the North Korean problem.” Amid the confrontation between the United States and China, Korean diplomatic and security authorities have to resolve North Korea’s nuclear problem, and the “rope walk” of Korean diplomatic and security authorities continues.

The Foreign Ministry agreed that at a meeting of Korean and Chinese diplomatic ministers held in Xiamen, Fujian province, China on the 3rd, Minister Eui-yong and Wang-i exchanged views on the situation in the Korean Peninsula and shared the goal of achieving denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and establishing permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. Also, when Corona 19 stabilizes, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Korea. They discussed promoting the strategic dialogue between the Korea-China vice diplomatic ministers and the dialogue on diplomacy and security (2 + 2) during the first half of the year.

The North Korea issue was also discussed as an important agenda for the meeting of the security chiefs of Korea, the United States, and Japan held in Maryland, United States, around the same time. After their meeting, the White House stated in a press release from the heads of the security offices of Korea, the United States and Japan, “(the heads of the trilateral security offices) shared concerns about the nuclear and missile programs ballistics of North Korea “. our promise to respond and resolve. “

With this opportunity, it is noteworthy that the dialogue between the United States and the United States, which had been cut off after the ‘Hanoi No Deal’, will be resumed. In this regard, Seo Hoon, head of the Blue House National Security Office, said in a meeting with correspondents held immediately after the meeting, “Korea, the United States and Japan agreed that efforts for the early resumption of negotiations between the United States and North Korea should continue. ”

Currently, the passage of dialogue between the two countries is blocked. Last month, North Korean Prime Minister Sun-hee Sun-hee revealed through a speech that the United States has tried to contact the United States and said: “If the United States does not withdraw its policy hostile, we will continue to ignore it. ” This is the so-called “Gangdaegang, Seondaesun” principle.

Consequently, there is a voice that we must make efforts to bring the North to a forum for dialogue and to reactivate the “peace process on the Korean peninsula.” Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the North Korean Graduate School, said: “The meetings with the heads of the security offices of Korea, the United States and Japan and the meetings with the diplomatic ministers between Korea and China were an opportunity to publicize the importance and urgency of solving problems on the Korean peninsula. “It is necessary to take measures at the level of the South and the North so that this dialogue can take place.

However, some point out that the resumption of negotiations between the United States and North Korea should not be viewed with too much optimism. Shin Beom-cheol, director of the Center for Foreign Affairs and Security at the Institute for Economic and Social Affairs, noted that what Suh said at the press conference was not in the White House press release. As you can see, different voices arrive. out, “he analyzed.

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