Diplomacy: Politics: News: Hankyoreh

Candidate Jeong Eui-yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who oversaw the April 27 Panmunjom talks, made a decision on the afternoon of the 2nd and met with reporters. He met with reporters on the way home from work that day and drew a clear line, saying that it was “inappropriate” to the opposition party’s request to disclose a portable storage device (USB, hereinafter referred to as USB) that President Moon Jae-in handed to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. It clarified the government’s attitude that it would no longer be dragged by the opposition party’s offensive, which changed the issue from’transfer act’ to’usb public’. The card he chose to put an end to the controversy is that he shared the contents of the USB with John Bolton, a former U.S. White House National Security Adviser, who was his counterpart (counter part) when he was the head of the National Security Office of the Blue House. In his autobiography published last year, former aide Bolton, who is well known as an ultra-strong North Korean supervisor, exposed the content of debate between South Korea and the United States during the North Korean-US nuclear negotiations, portraying the candidate Eui-yong somewhat negatively, but leaving a special comment on the USB. Did. As former aide Bolton wasn’t a problem, he requested that the opposition party should take their own weight now. “In light of the current general situation of inter-Korean relations”, mentioning that the disclosure of the USB is inappropriate, read also the pretense that this issue does not burden the inter-Korean relations before coordinating North Korea policy with the newly inaugurated Joe Biden. I can. Candidate Jung said, “I don’t think I can explain more. The contents of the USB will be released someday. I think it is not appropriate to disclose it now.” In addition, Candidate Chung said, “At the government level, at the level of the Blue House and the National Security Council (NSC), there was no review at all about whether the government had discussed providing nuclear power to the North.” In order to provide nuclear power, △finishing negotiations for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula △United Nations The Security Council and the international community lift sanctions against North Korea △Return to the North Korean Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) △ Sign a Safeguard Agreement between North Korea and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) △ Sign a bilateral agreement with the nuclear power provider, etc. He pointed out that it must be satisfied. The Blue House also set the tone for the USB privately and took a strong posture. Chey Jae-sung, chief executive officer of the Blue House, said in an interview on MBC’s’Kim Jong-bae’s attention’ on the morning of that day, in response to a request for the disclosure of the USB, “If you unconditionally disclose all of the things that happened at the summit meeting, and what went back and forth without any grounds, what would the country be?” said. At the same time, Chief Choi said, “If the opposition party is confident (it is okay to disclose it), bet responsibly,” and “If the opposition party takes a good luck, the Blue House will do what they can do accordingly.” The opposition party continued to demand the release of the USB. Rep. Ha Tae-kyung, a secretary of the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee, argued on the (TBS) radio that the controversy would be settled by saying, “If it is clarified in this way, it is necessary to disclose it (privately).” By Lee Wan and Gil Yoon-hyung, staff reporter [email protected]