Bolton Memoir Regarding the content of the first North Korea-US talks
“I wasn’t even a National Security Advisor at the time.”
Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong answers inquiries at a personnel hearing held at the National Assembly’s Foreign and Transportation Day Committee on the 5th. yunhap news
Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong said on the 5th that John Bolton, former US White House national security adviser, said “I don’t seem to know the situation well” about the initial progress of the 2018 first North Korea-US summit. It is because he was not a national security adviser at the time. At the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Transportation Affairs Committee’s personnel hearing on that day, Candidate Jung responded to a question from Rep. Park Jin-eom, who asked if there was a suggestion from Candidate Jung behind the “invitation” of the then-U.S. President Kim Jong-un in early March 2018. Answered. As a special envoy to then President Moon Jae-in, he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang and then went to the United States to inform President Trump of his willingness for conditional denuclearization and his will for a summit meeting. After the interview, in a personal briefing, “Chairman Kim expressed his desire to meet President Trump as early as possible.” In this regard, former aide Bolton said in his memoir’It Happened’ room published in June of last year, “In March (2018), in the office of the office, Mr. Chung handed a letter of invitation from Chairman Kim to meet President Trump, and President Trump gave a momentary impulse. “Paradoxically, Mr. Jeong almost admitted that it was he who later suggested that Chairman Kim make such an invitation first.” It was that candidate Chung came up with the idea of the first North Korea-US summit. When Candidate Chung said that Chairman Kim’s intention was “orally delivered”, Congressman Park asked whether it was true, saying, “There is no documentary evidence.” In response to Candidate Jung’s answer, “It’s not true at all,” Rep. Park asked,’Is Bolton lying lying? I wasn’t an aide yet at that time.” At the time, he said that when he met President Trump, about 10 major American figures, including former vice president Mike Pence, were present. In fact, Assistant Bolton was nominated as the replacement of Herbert McMaster on March 22, 2018 (local time). The People’s Power side applied for Assistant Bolton as a witness at the hearing to verify candidate Chung, who is responsible for President Moon Jae-in’s foreign and security policy as the head of the National Security Office of the Blue House. Candidate Chung affirmed that “yes” to the question of Lee Tae-gyu, a member of the People’s Party, who asked if there was any “all considerations” regarding the recently controversial North Korean nuclear power plant construction support issue. In addition, Lee’s point of concern about’code diplomacy’, which has lost its objectivity when Candidate Chung is appointed, said, “The term code diplomacy is not appropriate.” “The president is a man who has been delegated by the people for five years of state administration. (The President’s foreign philosophy, foreign policy) will be reflected in foreign policy.” By Kim Ji-eun, staff reporter [email protected]