“Biden-elect” written in the title … ‘Peace’ 6 times, ‘Alliance’ 5 times

President Moon Jae-in is speaking at a senior advisers meeting held in the Blue House Women’s Room on the 9th. [청와대사진기자단]

President Moon Jae-in said, “I congratulate the Korean people on the election of candidate Biden” at a meeting of the head of the Blue House and his assistants on the 9th. At the same time, he wrote the title of ‘Chosen Person’ to Biden, saying, “I want him to lead a successful government.” He also defined the Biden government as “the next government of the United States.” The day before, President Moon did not use expressions such as “winner”, “election”, “victory” and “president” in a Twitter message sent to Biden-elect. However, President Moon said: “It may take some time for the official (Biden-elect) to be confirmed, but I hope that the final process of the elections is well completed based on the values ​​of the long democratic tradition, the state of Law and the Mature Citizenship of Americans “.

At the meeting, President Moon said, “The government of the Democratic Party of the United States has the experience of cooperating and cooperating closely with the Democratic Party of Korea in the peace process. Taking lessons from the past, we will gather wisdom to continue advancing denuclearization and peacemaking on the Korean Peninsula, ”he said. The peace process on the Korean peninsula is an initiative by President Moon to sign a peace treaty through denuclearization and an end to the war, and to establish a permanent peace regime. President Moon mentioned “peace” six times at the meeting, but did not use the expression “the end of the war.”

President Moon said, “I hope that with strong cooperation between the United States and Korea, South and North Korea can play a more important role as parties to the Korean peninsula problem.” This is interpreted as President Moon’s attempt to differentiate himself from the ‘Trump Era’ in solving problems on the Korean peninsula. Immediately after taking office, President Moon stressed that South Korea should take the wheel as the master of the Korean peninsula problem. However, after the North Korea-US summit in February 2019 ended with a ‘Hanoi no deal’, the ‘motor theory’ weakened relatively as the axis of negotiation on the Korean peninsula shifted to direct contact with the North and the United States.

President Moon Jae-in enters the senior advisers meeting held in the Blue House Women’s Room on the 9th. [청와대사진기자단]

Earlier, in a contribution published in the March / April issue of ‘Forin Affairs’, a magazine specializing in international relations, Biden said: “To advance our shared goal of denuclearization in North Korea, we have cooperated with allies, other countries and even China. The campaign will begin. ”He emphasized a multilateral approach to denuclearization of North Korea.

President Moon also mentioned the word ‘alliance’ five times on this day. President Moon said, “My administration and I will continue to strengthen the alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States with the next United States government and continue to develop strong ties between the people of our two countries.” Unlike President Donald Trump, who emphasized ‘American priority’, Biden-elect has emphasized ‘strengthening the alliance’. In a written article sent to Yonhap News on 29 last month, President-elect Biden referred to Korea as a “strong alliance” and said, “Instead of extorting Korea for reckless threats to withdraw our troops, our alliance to maintain peace in East Asia and beyond. “I will support Korea while strengthening the company.”

In particular, President Moon emphasized the similarities to Biden’s economic policies. President Moon said, “Another axis of the strong alliance between the United States and Korea is strong economic cooperation.” “The carbon neutrality and climate change response policies emphasized by President-elect Biden are consistent with the Korean government’s carbon neutral goals and the Green New Deal, so there is room for cooperation. It is very large.”

The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, declared victory. [EPA=연합뉴스]

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