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President Moon Jae-in repeatedly raised the need for a declaration of the end of the Korean peninsula through a keynote address at the UN General Assembly, but the Voice of the United States broadcast on the 23rd, saying that a Resolution calling for an end to the war in the United States Congress was not supported by legislators. (Local time) reported. A former US official said: “I have rarely seen a South Korean president give a speech at the United Nations that is inconsistent with the position of the US Congress and administration.”
According to the VOA, Democrat Lo Kanna proposed a resolution calling for an official end to the Korean War just before the Hanoi-United States-North Korea summit in February last year, but to date, he has only secured a total of 47 members. Considering that the total number of members of the United States House of Representatives is 435, the number is around 10%, most of whom are left-wing members of the Democratic Party. The VOA assessed: “It is not yet able to expand its base of support beyond the progressive caucus (focused on leftist legislators).”
Congressman Kanna promoted a resolution to end the Korean War last year by including a defense authorization bill that parliament was required to pass unconditionally every year, but it was not included in the final draft and resolution. got frustrated. Representative Kanna said he plans to promote the inclusion of a resolution calling for an end to the war in Korea and a clause to halt intervention in Yemen’s civil war in this year’s Defense Authorization Act, but provisions related to the declaration of the end of the war were not included.
The VOA said that among US lawmakers, regardless of party, the view that the end of the war, even if it is a political statement, can be discussed after North Korea’s specific denuclearization measures. Democratic Party Senator Chris Koons previously told VOA: “If there is progress in the denuclearization of North Korea, it is perfectly reasonable to declare an end to the war.” Republican Senator Dan Sullivan also said: “Only when North Korea takes concrete denuclearization steps will we be able to discuss the end of the declaration. I have.”
The VOA reported that former senior US officials also assessed that President Moon’s speech on the need to end the war would be an empty measure that had nothing to do with denuclearization of North Korea or peace on the North Korean peninsula. Korea.
Michael Green, senior vice president of the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), former assistant to the White House National Security Council (NSC) in Asia, told VOA: “Declaring the end of the Korean War does not open the path to complete denuclearization. ” “It just gives an excuse to insist that Russia and North Korea should abolish the UN Command, the ROK-US Combined Command, and the ROK-US Combined Forces Training.” . He said, “I have rarely seen a Korean president give a speech at the United Nations that is inconsistent with the positions of the US Congress and administration.” It’s an illusion to think that you can do that by doing it. “
Evans Revere, former Deputy Under Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs at the State Department, said: “President Jae-in Moon seems to know the other way around.” “The declaration of the end of the Korean War is not the key to establishing denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean peninsula. This is a necessary condition to permanently end the Korean War.” “The United States cannot just ‘declare’ that the Korean War is over,” he said. “Such a statement has no real meaning unless other measures are followed.”
Former US State Department envoy Robert Gallucci said: “President Jae-in Moon’s proposal to end the war is good, but this should be linked to other moves toward a solution to the current situation of conflict, such as problems related to nuclear weapons, “he said. “Only official steps to end the war. If taken alone, I worry that the importance of such a movement (of denuclearization) will be diluted.”
