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▲ Blue House National Security Officer Eui-yong Eui-yong announces the results of an interview with US President Donald Trump in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on the afternoon of March 8, 2018 (local time ). The left is the director of the National Intelligence Service, Seo Hoon. On the right is Ambassador Jo Yoon-je to the United States. | |
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“Good evening. Today I had the honor of briefing President Trump on the results of my recent visit to Pyongyang, North Korea.”
The front yard of the West Wing of the White House at 7 p.m. on March 8, 2018, three years ago. The Koreans in old black suits stood at attention. And North Korean President Kim Jong-un invited President Trump, and President Trump announced that he would meet with President Kim in May.
This became big news and spread to the world, and in fact, in June of that year, the first miraculous summit between the United States and North Korea was held in Singapore. And the meeting between the two leaders continued twice, and the ‘Korean peninsula spring’ unfolded.
The people who stood in front of reporters in the front yard of the White House upstairs were Chief of the National Intelligence Service Seo Hoon, Chung Eui-yong Chung, Chief of the Blue House National Security Office, and Ambassador Cho Yun-je in the United States.
Among them, former Chief Justice Eui-yong, who was in the middle, was appointed the new foreign minister on the 20th. At that time, he was the person who set the springboard for the summit meeting between the United States and the United States. North Korea directly between Pyongyang and Washington.
“Deeper participation in important policies such as North American negotiations and denuclearization for 3 years”
▲ Special Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Security by President Jeong Eui-yong, appointed new Minister of Foreign Affairs. | |
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Immediately after the announcement, Chung Man-ho, head of public communication for the Blue House, said: “The candidate Eui-Yong Chung is the best expert who has dedicated his life to the field of diplomacy and security.” He presented that he was more deeply involved in important policies such as the negotiations between the United States and the Korean peninsula for denuclearization. “
“Based on diplomatic experience and policy knowledge, understanding and knowledge, we will strengthen the alliance between the ROK and the US and resolve relations with major countries such as China, Japan, Russia and the EU. smoothly after the launch of the US Biden administration. ” “We look forward to raising our diplomatic horizons and our status to the next level by firmly establishing and developing the peace process on the Korean Peninsula and the New South and New North policies, which we place great emphasis on.”
After the collapse of the Hanoi talks, he returned to the forefront of diplomacy, who was again in the Moon Jae-in regime, approaching the end of his tenure as “ the best dedicated expert in the field of diplomacy and security, ” as Jeong said. There are many opinions that President Moon’s order is to achieve the ‘spring of the future’.
It is true that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs feels heavier than before, since they arrived as ministers who were experts in negotiations with North Korea and the United States. Former Secretary of Peace Planning Choi Jong-gun, who has been working with Jeong Nae-jeong in the Blue House National Security Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is ranked first as Deputy Foreign Minister.
With Chung’s arrival as minister, the Foreign Ministry can remove the stigma of being a ‘Yeonjeong Line (Yonsei Political Surgery)’. Currently, Minister Kang Kyung-hwa and Second Vice Minister Choi Jong-moon belong to the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Yonsei University, and Choi Jong-Geon is a science professor.
Meanwhile, former Undersecretary of State Tony Blincoln is appointed as US Secretary of State, which he must deal with.
He, who had been in charge of policy on the Korean peninsula in the Obama administration, said at the Senate approval hearing on 19: “I will begin by acknowledging that (the North Korean problem) is a difficult problem” and ” I’ll review the general approach. “
There are also some tense opinions, saying that Blincoln’s prime minister implied a new approach to North Korea that deviated from the “top-down” method of the Trump era.
However, he also said, “This (review) begins with close consultation with our allies and partners, especially Korea and Japan and the rest, and reviewing all applications.” It seems important to explain and persuade.
He also said that the issue of humanitarian aid to North Korea is “in North Korea and in a similar situation, we believe that we must be very careful with the people of the country in question and do what we can to alleviate their suffering.” He showed.
Foreign Press “Efforts to Reactivate Stalled Denuclearization Dialogue”
▲ Blue House National Security Officer Eui-yong Eui-yong met with North Korean Labor Party Chairman Kim Jong-un on March 5, 2018 to shake hands. On the left is the letter from President Moon Jae-in and on the far right is Kim Yeo-jeong, the first vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Labor Center. | |
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Reuters reported on the day that “the Korean president appointed a former national security adviser who served as a bridge to the 2018 US-North Korea summit as the next foreign minister,” and “seems like an effort to help revive denuclearization dialogue stalled “. .
There is roughly a year and three months until President Moon’s term, and the United States is temporarily entering a diplomatic hiatus due to an audience of new diplomatic and security line personnel. Will Jeong Nae-jeong be able to rekindle the ‘spring day of three years ago’ that President Kim Jong-un said?
Jeong Nae-jung released a statement on this day, saying, “I think this is the last chance to serve the country.” “I will do everything possible to ensure that the foreign policy promoted by the Moon Jae-in administration bears fruit and the peace process on the Korean peninsula can take root.” He stated his aspirations.
Jeong Nae Jeong-ja graduated from the Seoul National University Department of Foreign Affairs and passed the Foreign Relations Examination (5 times), then served as a member of the 17th National Assembly through the Trade Negotiations Coordinator of the Ministry of External relationships.