Suddenly, I volunteered for an interview… Eui-Yong Eui-yong only criticizes the “norm of North Korean nuclear power”

Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong said on the 2nd, “It is irrational that our government has reviewed nuclear power plant support for North Korea.” Regarding the USB that President Moon Jae-in handed over to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the April 27 inter-Korean summit in 2018, he emphasized that “the new concept of the Korean peninsula contained in the USB was shared with the United States.”

Candidate Jung met with reporters in front of the Doryum Building, where the personnel hearing preparation team is located at around 5 pm on the same day, and said, “(North Korean nuclear power plant support) has not been reviewed internally by the government.” He said, “(The new economic plan for the Korean peninsula contained in the USB) is a plan for inter-Korean economic cooperation centered on the three economic belts, including the East Sea, the West Sea, and the border area.” It is about the improvement of hydropower and thermal power generation, but does not include nuclear power plants.”

Candidate Jung also said, “Prior to the Panmunjom summit, and later, I visited the United States and met with National Security Advisor John Bolton of the White House to explain the Korean Peninsula New Economy Plan.” “I gave the USB to Aide Bolton.” “We explained that this is a vision of a case where denuclearization has progressed considerably, and the United States has fully agreed and showed a very positive reaction,” he said.
He expressed this position by volunteering for a press conference. Just about an hour ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs reporters asked for reporters to report, saying, “I have something to say in particular regarding major policy matters.” It was compared to the fact that, even though there was an opportunity to contact the media on the way to work, the question was not answered properly.
It is also pointed out that it is not appropriate to criticize the suspicion with strong expressions such as “wordlessness” and “uncommon sense” in front of the media as the former head of the National Security Office of the Blue House as a candidate for the foreign minister. If such an explanation is absolutely necessary, the Blue House can do it.

However, the position he announced was not particularly new. The point is that the government has never officially reviewed the construction of the North Korean nuclear power plant or has actually proposed it to North Korea, and the USB contents will not be disclosed.

It is only the addition that he conveyed the contents of the new economic plan on the Korean peninsula to Aide Bolton. Rather than resolving suspicions related to North Korea’s nuclear power plant, it is interpreted that he has disclosed this fact, conscious of some concerns that he has not gained sufficient trust from the United States because of his role in the process of promoting North Korea-US and inter-Korean dialogue. In fact, former aide Bolton said in a memoir of last year in June, “It was not Kim Jong-un who first proposed the first North Korea-US summit, but Jeong Jeong-yong,” and “all the diplomatic fandangos were made by Korea.” Revealed.

Candidate Jung was found to have earned a market margin of about 1.64 billion won so far through real estate transactions. However, at the press conference that day, he did not clarify about the inappropriateness of real estate transactions raised against him and his family.

Reporter Park Hyun-joo [email protected]