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The South Korean government has said that even with Joe Biden’s new administration, it will strive to strengthen its alliance with the United States and advance the peace process on the Korean peninsula. Experts predict that the South Korean government will play a role in maintaining the momentum of the US-North Korean dialogue until the Biden administration’s policy toward North Korea materializes. Reporter Kim Hwan-yong reports from Seoul.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said that in relation to the 46th US presidential election, there will be no gaps in strengthening the US-Korean alliance and progress in the peace process on the peninsula. Korea.
President Moon said at a meeting of senior advisers to the Blue House on the 9th that he will do everything possible to ensure that the valuable achievements made under the Trump administration can be passed on to the next administration and further developed.
[녹취: 문재인 대통령] “We will communicate with Biden-elect and key figures who are preparing for the new administration in a number of ways. Our government is firmly determined to advance the peace process on the Korean peninsula without trembling. “President Moon said that the United States Democratic Party has been cooperating and cooperating closely with the Korean Democratic Party in the peace process, and the Korean government made further progress in denuclearization and peacemaking on the Korean Peninsula. Korea based on the achievements and experiences accumulated so far with the next government of the United States. He stressed that he will gather wisdom to achieve this.
President Moon also announced that he will further strengthen the U.S.-Korea alliance with the next U.S. government and join forces in practicing common values of democracy and peace, human rights, international solidarity, and multilateral cooperation as an alliance of values.
In a regular briefing on the 9th, the South Korean Defense Ministry emphasized a strong combined defense stance, as there was no specific trend in North Korea after the US presidential elections.
I am Moon Hong-sik, deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense.
[녹취: 문홍식 대통령] “In particular, the Defense Department of the ROK and the United States will do everything possible to maintain a strong combined defense posture to support the peace process on the Korean Peninsula militarily under the Biden administration.”Meanwhile, Korean security experts and diplomats believe that the ROK government will focus its diplomatic power on maintaining the momentum of the US-North Korean dialogue until the next US administration establishes a policy toward North Korea.
Dr. Sung-ryul Cho, a national security strategy researcher under the National Intelligence Service, predicted that the Korean government would also try to discuss with the next administration the end-of-declaration card, which the Korean government presented to the administration. Trump as an entry strategy to resume negotiations between the United States and North Korea.
[녹취: 조성렬 박사] “When the Biden acquisition team is created, I think the South Korean government will relay what it has discussed with the North Korean side and ask what the United States has in mind, rather than talk about the position of the South Korean side. So if these parts are judged by the US and can be discussed once, how will this part of the ROK government worry about the principle that the UNC or the ROK-US alliance Shouldn’t the US be harmed if the end of the declaration of war is adopted? If possible, the Korean side will need an explanation. “Park Won-gon, a professor in the Department of International Area Studies at Handong University, said Biden’s perception of North Korea was strong after the 2.29 deal in 2012 followed by North Korean provocations such as the launching of long-range missiles and the third nuclear test, and the South Korean government quickly resumed negotiations between the United States and North Korea. He said that if you rush, side effects can occur.
[녹취: 박원곤 박사] “Because there are a lot of people at Biden Camp who are thinking negatively about the above statement. Telling them the end of the statement has side effects. That is why dialogue and negotiations with North Korea are important in a broad framework, and only through that, we will try to agree on the great principle that denuclearization of North Korea is possible and the peace process on the peninsula from Korea is possible. Going into that topic, first (the United States) presents a dialogue, and you want to open the door of dialogue that way.As for the possibility of provocation by North Korea on the occasion of the inauguration of the new American administration, there are strong prospects that North Korea will also observe the situation until the eighth convention of the party in January next year.
Professor Park noted that sympathy with the upcoming US administration is also important to the South Korean government, but noted how North Korea emerges as an important variable for future US-North Korean relations, and predicted that the Combined training between the United States and Korea scheduled for March next year would be a turning point. .
[녹취: 박원곤 박사] “So I think the first time North Korean policy for the new US administration will be decided will be around next March. At that time the joint training between the United States and the United States is scheduled, so if we see how the new administration of the United States is doing the political direction, it is very likely that North Korea will provoke it.Professor Park said that even if there is an initial proposal for dialogue by the next US administration, if North Korea does not show a progressive attitude towards the withdrawal of hostilities with North Korea as a condition for the resumption of dialogue, not the will accept. I said it could be.
This is the news from the Seoul VOA, Kim Hwan-yong.
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