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Public lecture on ‘Farewell visit’ … “Diplomacy is the only way”
Meeting Lee In-young and Park Ji-won … Dinner with Kang Kyung-hwa on the 11th
Stephen Vegan, United States Secretary of State and Special Representative to North Korea. / yunhap newsIn a public lecture, United States Under Secretary of State Stephen Biegan and the Special Representative for North Korea, visiting South Korea, urged North Korea to resume diplomacy in North America from VIII Congress of the Labor Party, which is expected to be in January next year. He also added that the potential of the Singapore deal in June 2018, the first summit between the United States and North Korea, is alive and that is the direction North Korea should move forward.
At a conference on the theme ‘The Future of the United States and the Korean Peninsula’ at the invitation of the Asan Institute for Political Studies on the 10th, Vice Minister Vegan said: “He has failed to advance the content of the agreement, but the potential from the Singapore summit is still alive. ” “Despite the setback, disappointment, and missed opportunities in the past two years, we still believe that the vision for the Korean Peninsula shared by President Donald Trump and President Kim Jong-un is possible, and our work is not done yet. “. I lost too many opportunities in two years. “” I am convinced that diplomacy is the only way to solve the problem. “After addressing the North Korean Labor Party Congress,” I strongly urge North Korea to use the time from now until then to set the direction to resume diplomacy. “It was paradoxical.
During the question and answer session that followed, Mr. Vegan was asked, “What is the unification of North Korea?” And he re-emphasized that “The Singapore Joint Declaration is our way.” Regarding the breakdown of the Hanoi-North Korea summit in February last year, he said: “I don’t think it was a complete failure, and it was an opportunity for both sides to get to know each other. It is difficult to reach an agreement to unless there is an ongoing practical discussion. “
After having breakfast with Unification Minister Lee In-young on the same day, Vegon met with Park Ji-won, head of the National Intelligence Service and a senior official from the Blue House National Security Office. In the evening, every time they visit Korea, they have dinner with Choi Jong-gun, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a favorite restaurant. Minister Lee said, “I hope that through close policy coordination and cooperation between the United States and South Korea, we can make substantial progress in denuclearizing the Korean peninsula and establishing permanent peace.” The window of opportunity for North Korea is still open. “
After arriving in Korea on the 8th, Minister Vegan leaves Korea on the morning of the 12th after finishing a dinner with Chancellor Kang Kyung-wha on the 11th. Since Joe Biden took place more than a month before the inauguration of the new administration of the United States, this visit has a strong “farewell visit” character.
