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The United States is ready to resume negotiations with North Korea, reaffirmed by the US Assistant Secretary of State. He also stressed the importance of keeping pace with the United States and South Korea in solving North Korea’s nuclear and missile problems. Reporter Lee Jo-eun reports.
Regarding denuclearization negotiations between the United States and North Korea, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Naffer said on the 27th that the United States is “ready to sit face to face with North Korea at any time and in any place”.
[녹취:내퍼 부차관보] “While we have had three leader-level meetings …”In a video conference jointly hosted by the United States Atlantic Council and South Korea’s East Asia Foundation on this day, Deputy Assistant Secretary Naffer said there were three high-level meetings between President Trump and President Kim Jong-un. . “We are also open to diplomacy. I have been constantly emphasizing almost every day that I am ready to sit face to face.”
He added: “Because we take the absolute importance of solving these problems through dialogue and diplomacy in a peaceful way.”
Deputy Assistant Secretary Nafer also stressed the importance of the US-Korean alliance in solving North Korea’s nuclear and missile problems, saying: “It is very important that the two countries keep up and move forward.”
[녹취:내퍼 부차관보] “First, the centrality of the alliance between the United States and South Korea …”Ted Yoho, Republican secretary of the Asia-Pacific Subcommittee of the House Foreign Relations Committee, who attended the conference together, said the meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea is included in the “best way.” to build trust between the two countries. He stressed that we must agree.
[녹취:요호 의원] “I think the best way to do it …”He also spoke about China, Russia and Iran, saying: “In order to pressure North Korea in an effective way to ultimately avoid unnecessary provocations by the North Korean regime, it is necessary to target the sources of funding and support for the North Korean regime.
Representative Yo-ho also expressed concern about the defense cost-sharing negotiations between the United States and Korea, which had been at a long-term stalemate, and the Korea-Japan relationship, which is still in conflict.
[녹취:요호 의원] “As long as our negotiating teams remain incapable …”Regarding the negotiations for the XI US-Korean Defense Expenditure Contribution Agreement (SMA), Representative Yoho said: “ Unless the two negotiating teams reach an agreement, our military readiness and the capabilities of the USFK to contain and respond to threats are serious. It will be damaged. “
“The historical problem between Korea and Japan seriously hampers cooperation between the three countries in the region,” he said. “Korea and Japan must recognize that we all face threats to survival beyond historical problems.” Emphasized.
Representative Yoho said that in the process of resolving the conflict between Korea and Japan, “the United States must also play an active role in promoting ties between partners in the region.”
Meanwhile, the members of the Korean National Assembly who attended the panel that day do not agree with the declaration of the end of the Korean War.
Furthermore, Democratic Party member Kim Han-jeong stressed that the declaration of the end of the war will go a long way in creating conditions that promote dialogue and denuclearization with North Korea.
On the other hand, Congressman Jin Park said that the hasty end-of-war declaration would recognize North Korea as a de facto nuclear power and provide an excuse for North Korea to demand the withdrawal of US forces in Korea.
In this regard, President Moon Jeong-in, a special assistant for Unification Security and Diplomacy, said: “I believe that the end of the war should be an entry, not an exit to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.” He said.
Moon also said: “If the United States establishes a military alliance directed at China and demands the participation of South Korea, then Korea will have no choice but to worry about ontological problems.”
[녹취:문 특보] “If the United States forces us to …”At the same time, he argued that if South Korea deploys an advanced missile defense system (THAAD. THAAD) or a medium-range ballistic missile aimed at China, or participates in military exercises like the South China Sea, “China will consider Korea like an enemy. “
Moon added: “In this case, China will target Dongfeng missiles at Korea and carry out military provocations in the South Sea, as well as the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ).” In this case, “The United States will protect us and so can you do it?” He asked.
This is the VOA News Lee Jo-eun.
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