In a speech at the Geneva disarmament conference held on the 23rd (local time) on the 23rd (local time), the first Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Jong-gun mentioned the 9-19 South-North military agreement as an achievement in the field of arms control. However, there was no mention of the violation of the military agreement several times, such as Chairman Kim Jong-un ordered to fire coastal artillery in 2019 and last year the North Korean military fired bullets at South Korean watch posts in the DMZ. [외교부 제공]
– At the Geneva Disarmament Conference (CD), the only multilateral disarmament negotiation forum, Choi Jong-Geon, the first vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized the September 19 military agreement between the two Koreas as achievements in the field of arms control. There was no criticism for North Korea’s professed nuclear armament.
Regarding the speech at the high-level session of the disarmament conference held on video on the 23rd (local time), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a press release. “Vice Minister Choi explained that the Korean government has been making continuous diplomatic efforts to engage with North Korea with the aim of making peace on the Korean Peninsula everyday. In particular, the September 19 military agreement was introduced as an achievement in the field of military confidence building and arms control between the two Koreas.Said.
In his actual speech, Vice Minister Choi said, “Our tireless, unrelenting efforts have initiated a diplomatic adventure involving North Korea and the United States.” He then emphasized, “The September 19 inter-Korean military agreement in 2018 will make the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) a more stable buffer zone through armament control, and allow the relevant parties to focus on progress in the denuclearization process.”
North Korea violated the agreement several times, but self-approved of the 9-19 agreement
– Vice Minister Choi served as Secretary for Peace and Arms Control and Peace Planning Secretary at the National Security Office of the Blue House and was deeply involved in the September 19 military agreement. At the time of the 9-19 agreement, Vice Minister Choi also went to Pyongyang, and after the two Koreas signed the military agreement, they briefed the details remotely. However, since then, North Korea has violated the September 19 military agreement several times. In 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered to fire coastal artillery, and last year the North Korean military fired bullets at the South Korean watchdog (GP) in the DMZ was a violation of explicit agreements. The government denied Hansako, but the bombing of the Kaesong Liaison Office and the killing of officials in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the West Sea were also provocative acts.
Nevertheless, it is pointed out that it is somewhat inappropriate to show off the September 19 military agreement only as a result. In particular, Chairman Kim made clear his intention to arm himself by publicly mentioning the development of tactical nuclear weapons and the construction of nuclear submarines at the party conference last month, but there was no criticism of this in Choi’s speech. It only mentioned related contents such as “achieving complete denuclearization through peaceful means” or “as a country trying to achieve complete denuclearization”. Even though one of the goals of the disarmament conference is to strengthen the international community’s commitment to non-proliferation.
Blingen’s emphasis on’denuclearization of North Korea’ and contrast
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![US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln first used the expression'denuclearization of North Korea' in a speech at the disarmament conference on the 22nd (local time). This was an expression suggesting that the focus of the North Korean policy pursued by the Biden administration is on the removal and abolition of North Korea's nuclear program. [연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/23/d62e1785-0d81-497a-948b-7769a919066a.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln first used the expression’denuclearization of North Korea’ in a speech at the disarmament conference on the 22nd (local time). This was an expression suggesting that the focus of the North Korean policy pursued by the Biden administration is on the removal and abolition of North Korea’s nuclear program. [연합뉴스]
– The contents of this speech by Vice Minister Choi were also contrasted with the speech of the US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln’s disarmament conference on the 22nd. “The United States is still focused on the denuclearization of North Korea, and will work closely with alliances and partners to counter Pyongyang’s illegal weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs.” Said. It was the first time since his inauguration that Minister Blincoln described it as’denuclearization of North Korea’ rather than’denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’. This is the reason for the evaluation that showed that the Biden administration’s focus was on the removal and abolition of North Korea’s nuclear program. It is also possible that when North Korea uses the expression’denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’, it also considers the withdrawal of US troops in Korea.
In addition, the WMD he mentioned includes biological and chemical weapons. It is also noteworthy that the range is not specified as it is expressed as a’ballistic missile’ rather than a’long-range missile’. Unlike the Trump administration, the Biden administration, which is reviewing policy toward North Korea, may be viewed as opening up the possibility of making a comprehensive official issue not only of long-range missiles, but also’medium and short-range ballistic missiles’.
Reporter Yoo Ji-hye [email protected]
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