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Opening Ceremony of the Korean Peninsula International Peace Forum▶ Click here to enlarge
Said Minister Lee in the opening remarks of the ‘International Peace Forum on the Korean Peninsula’ organized by the Ministry of Unification and conducted through a remote debate.
He cited statements by former West German Prime Minister Billy Brandt that “it is better to take a small step than not take a step”, and “Resume India’s cooperation and exchange through” small projects “and resume dialogue. between the two Koreas. And we want to keep our promises one by one. “
He predicted: “This will be a practical cooperation that opens the door to mutual benefit and peace from the problems in our lives, such as health care, common quarantine and the climate environment.”
Minister Lee said: “The South and North will confirm the possibility of living again as a community through reciprocal cooperation” and “I believe that the progress of the peace process on the Korean Peninsula and the great flow of dialogue on the denuclearization of the United States will accelerate. “
In addition, he said, “We must open an era of complete, verifiable and irreversible peace (CVIP · Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible Peace), led by the South and North and cooperating with the international community.” I hope that.”
Regarding the current situation on the Korean peninsula, “the time between North America and South America stands still, and the indiscriminate spread of Corona 19 (a new coronavirus infection) is adding restrictions to solve the problem on the peninsula. Korea “, and diagnosed that” the given situation is difficult. ” did.
However, Lee mentioned the joint participation of the two Koreas in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games and the agreement process between the leaders of the two Koreas that began in April of that year, noting that “wait for the change and leave it at the situation will never open the future of the two Koreas. ” .
He said: “We are not sailing in the open sea,” he emphasized. “We have to move forward with an attitude and an icebreaker attitude, breaking through the thick ice and blazing a trail.”
The Unification Ministry explained in a regular morning briefing that Minister Lee’s mention of CVIP was “the imperative to build a solid and irreversible state of peace by solving the North Korean nuclear issue and developing inter-Korean relations to break the divisional structure. “
Unification Minister Lee In-young speaks with Pastor Hong-Jung Lee▶ Click here to enlarge
Furthermore, regarding the statement that Minister Lee prevented the Korean Christian Church Council on the 2nd and said: “I believe that at some point, the relations between Korea and the United States may escape the military alliance and the alliance of the Cold War and become an alliance of peace. ” The goal is to hope to evolve into a peace alliance that leads Korean peace, “the Unification Ministry said.
“Our alliance and friendship goes beyond security cooperation” in response to the Secretary of State’s statements on the ‘Cold War Alliance’. “Economy, energy, science, health, cybersecurity, passport growth, and other regional and international affairs Agrees with the position statement to” include cooperation.
President Moon Jeong-in, Special Assistant for Unification Security and Diplomacy, told the International Peace Forum on the Korean Peninsula that day: “It is a shame that the State Department seems to be seeing Secretary Lee In-young with sunglasses. “
Moon’s special report referred to a case in which South Korea sent troops to the US war in Afghanistan-Iraq in the past, saying that “(the ROK-US alliance) is a more accurate expression.” . It’s hard to understand if it was done. ”
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