President Moon Jae-in is on the phone with US President Biden on the 4th. Provided by the Blue House
President Moon Jae-in made a phone call with US President Joe Biden on the morning of the 4th, and decided to come up with a comprehensive strategy against North Korea as soon as possible. Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok said through a briefing at the Chun-Chu Hall that day, President Moon and President Biden spoke for 32 minutes from 8:25 am to 8:57 am. President Moon said, “Let’s work together to advance the denuclearization and settlement of permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula”, and President Biden said, “We evaluated the efforts of South Korea, the main party to resolve the Korean peninsula, and took the same position with Korea. This is important and we will work closely with Korea for a common goal.” The two leaders said, “We shared our recognition that we need to come up with a comprehensive strategy toward North Korea as soon as possible,” the Blue House said. In addition, the two leaders of the ROK and the United States agreed that improvement of Korea-Japan relations and cooperation between Korea and Japan are important for peace and prosperity in the region, the Blue House said. The two leaders also shared their opinions on the situation in other regions such as Myanmar and China, and agreed to cooperate to resolve the democratic and peaceful problem by sharing concerns about the situation in Myanmar, where the coup took place. President Moon Jae-in and President Biden decided to hold a Korea-US summit as soon as the Corona 19 situation subsides. The call came 14 days after President Biden took office on the 20th of last month. The two leaders also reaffirmed that Korea and the United States are key allies for peace and prosperity in the region. “As an alliance of responsibility for sharing values, the two leaders decided to continue to develop into a comprehensive strategic alliance that contributes to the promotion of democracy, human rights and multilateralism, beyond cooperation between the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific region,” the Blue House said. President Moon and President Biden also shared deep opinions on global challenges such as climate change. President Biden said, “Responding to climate change brings many economic benefits such as job creation and development of new industries,” and President Moon said, “Introducing Green New Deal policies such as expansion of new and renewable energy, and responding to climate change will become a new growth engine.” Replied. The two leaders agreed to accelerate the successful hosting of the World Climate Summit and P4G Summit, the supply of corona vaccines and treatments, and reciprocal cooperation for the recovery of the world economy. Earlier, in a call, President Moon said, “I hope the United States realizes its vision for a better reconstruction under President Biden’s leadership.” “In his inauguration speech, he felt the president’s will to overcome unprecedented challenges and complete a hopeful US story. I was able to” congratulated President Biden’s inauguration. President Biden said, “One of those hopes is Korea. Relations between the two countries have continued to progress for 70 years, and I look forward to strengthening relations in more areas in the future.” By Lee Wan, staff reporter [email protected]