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President Moon Jae-in said on the 18th, “The return of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to the south is an agreement between the two Koreas.”
President Moon said at a New Year’s press conference held at the Cheongwadae Chunchugwan on that day and said, “But there is no need to insist that a return should come first. I am willing to meet with Chairman Kim anytime, anywhere, and if the meeting continues and trust is built up, someday someday A return will also be made.”
President Moon also stressed, “I think there is a clear will of Chairman Kim for peace, for dialogue, and for denuclearization.”
However, President Moon said, “What North Korea is asking for is that instead, the security of the regime must be secured by the United States and relations between North Korea and the United States must be normalized.” I stopped with,” he said.
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“The new administration of Biden in the United States is known to prefer’bottom-up’ talks over’top-down’ (top-down). If we talk closely between North America, we will be able to find a solution.” Korea will do its best to find it,” he said.
President Moon also said, “We were able to greatly develop inter-Korean relations through the Panmunjom Declaration and Pyongyang Joint Declaration, but it is regrettable that we could not go further and stopped at that stage.”
Regarding the possibility of an inter-Korean summit within the term of office, he said, “Because it is my 5th year in power this year, I don’t have much time left. If we can achieve the results of the development of inter-Korean relations, we can meet anytime and anywhere. “I want to do my best last time.”
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