“Maintaining the position to pursue the denuclearization of North Korea and the development of inter-Korean relations… I pray that North Korea should be considerate and consider carefully”
The presidential office said on the 19th that it was “very regrettable” and urged North Korea to pay attention to North Korea’s deputy director, Kim Yo-jong, who criticized and rejected President Yun Seok-yeol’s “bold initiative”, a roadmap for denuclearization of North Korea.
At the same time, he also expressed his position that he would continue to promote the denuclearization of North Korea and the development of inter-Korean relations through a ‘bold initiative’.
In a statement on the same day, the presidential office said, “It is very regrettable that North Korea continued to express its intention to develop nuclear weapons while referring to the real name of the president and using rude remarks and distorting our ‘bold initiative’. do,” he said.
“This attitude of North Korea is not conducive not only to the future of North Korea itself, but also to peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula, and only promotes isolation from the international community,” he said.
“There is no change in our position of pursuing the denuclearization of North Korea and the development of inter-Korean relations through the ‘bold initiative’,” he added.
The entry into the presidential office came a little past 11 a.m., regarding four hours and 40 minutes following Vice-Chairman Kim’s discourse was released through state-run media such as the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
Earlier, in this discourse, Deputy Director Kim clearly refused to deal with the idea, saying, “It is the height of stupidity” and “we will never deal with it.”
The government also announced the same position in the morning of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee’s plenary meeting through the response of Minister of Unification Kwon Young-se and deputy spokesperson Lee Hyo-jeong at a briefing.
The announcement of a separate position by the presidential office is analyzed to be that it is necessary to express regret at the level of the presidential office as Vice-Chairman Kim mentioned President Yoon’s real name without a title in the discourse and criticized it using primary colors.
Nevertheless, it is interpreted that the government expressed its intention to continue pursuing the ‘Bold Initiative’, the first initiative announced by the government, and urged North Korea to respond once more.
The ‘bold initiative’ that President Yoon recently unveiled at the August 15th Liberation Day celebrations on the 15th and the press conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his inauguration on the 17th is a political and military response to economic cooperation measures such as food and infrastructure support in line with North Korea’s denuclearization measures. It is also a way to provide action.
/yunhap news
