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On the 17th, Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong proposed five cooperation projects to the North, including joint inter-Korean support for flood quarantine and recovery.
Governor Lee delivered a keynote address at the ‘DMZ 2020 Forum’ that day, providing five cooperation projects including joint defense and medical cooperation between the two Koreas, cooperation on the management of the Imjin River, joint research and research on border projects. , joint forest restoration and rural development, and support for flood recovery in North Korea. He said do. Governor Lee said: “We want to restore trust and establish peace through inter-Korean exchanges and pursue a path of prosperity, and we believe it is beneficial for both South Korea and North Korea.” “We must ensure that positive and lasting peace, not passive and unstable peace, becomes our daily life. Said.
Governor Lee said: “As seen in African swine fever (ASF) and novel coronavirus infections, infectious diseases and infectious diseases cannot be prevented from borders, and a cooperative quarantine system must be established. to prevent harm and ensure everyone’s safety. ” At this meeting, it was proposed to establish a joint health and medical quarantine center in Gaepoong and Kaesong.
In addition, for the Imjin River flowing south and north, he proposed the installation of an integrated water management system, the ‘Inter-Korean Water System Management Organization’, to manage water systems and prevent flood damage. . Governor Lee also said: “It is time to resume the investigation of the joint South-North waterway in the Han River estuary and implement the Western Sea Special Economic Zone as mutually agreed.” We need to do research and investigation so we can do that. “
In addition, Gyeonggi Province was the first local government to receive approval of the United Nations sanctions exemption for the smart greenhouse and nursery, and announced that it should resume consultations on the establishment of the Gaepoong nursery and rural villages. demo.
Finally, I mentioned that the North provided relief supplies unconditionally when we suffered a flood in 1984. At the same time, Gyeonggi-do announced his intention to work unconditionally with North Korea’s flood recovery support project.
On the other hand, the DMZ Forum, which opened on this day, participated in a two-day planning session, a peace movement cooperation session, and a special session with academics, experts and officials from national peace movements and foreigners, including Lima Bowie, a Liberian peace activist, and Professor Joseph Nai of Harvard University in the United States. It is divided into sessions and invited sessions.
On the 17th, a planning session held by the Gyeonggi Research Institute to discuss the preservation and development of the DMZ, an invitation session between the Veterans Education Institute and the North Korea Science and Technology Research Center to discuss the theory of peace on the Korean peninsula as seen by North Korean refugee researchers and science and technology cooperation with North Korea. A special session will be held to discuss the peaceful use of the Han River estuary.
On the 18th, a peace movement cooperation session co-organized by the Northeast Asia Peace Economy Association and the Campaign for Peace to End the Korean Peninsula, a special video lecture by Lee Hae- chan, former representative of the Democratic Party, A special session on the subject of the peace regime on the Korean peninsula and a broad debate that concludes the forum.
