Will the’Tokyo Olympics meet between North and South Korea’? Ministry of Unification “I will keep looking for a solution”

Input 2021.03.22 13:55

President Wen at the 3·1 memorial address
“Tokyo Olympics may be an opportunity for dialogue between Korea-Japan, North Korea, North Korea, and North Korea.”

The Ministry of Unification said on the 22nd that Japan decided to hold the Tokyo Olympics, which will be held in July, without foreign spectators to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. I will continue to find a way,” he said.

Unification Ministry spokesman Lee Jong-ju said at a regular briefing on that day, when asked about the Tokyo Olympics, “a variety of opportunities can be used to promote the peace process on the Korean Peninsula.” He replied, “We will continue to look for ways to advance the peace process on the Korean Peninsula according to the given conditions and circumstances.”

The government has been trying to make the Tokyo Olympics an opportunity to turn the conversation between North and South Korea as well as between the US and North Korea. Previously, President Moon Jae-in said in a commemorative address for the March 1st, “The Tokyo Olympics, which will be held this year, may be an opportunity for dialogue between Korea and Japan, North Korea, North Korea, and North America.” I’ve said that.

However, the Japanese government, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Organizing Committee of the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Paralympic Games Committee (IPC) officially decided at a meeting on the 20th that it will not accept foreign audiences. The global corona situation is still severe, and it is a decision made by the mutant virus.

Earlier, the Japanese side also mentioned the possibility of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending the Tokyo Olympics. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attended the budget committee of the House of Councilors (senator) last November and asked, “Will Chairman Kim visit Japan during the Tokyo Olympics?” He replied, “I think it will be a good opportunity (for a meeting).” Prime Minister Suga has revealed that he wants to meet Kim Jong-un in person to resolve the Japanese abductee problem.

There are also observations that if Kim Jong-un visits Japan on the occasion of the Tokyo Olympics, a series of talks with the leaders of Korea and the United States could be held in Tokyo. However, as Japan decided not to attract foreign audiences, the prospect became uncertain.