What does the international community say about the results of the inter-Korean dialogue?
(Baonghean.vn) - On January 9, many countries welcomed the results of the inter-Korean dialogue, in which North Korea agreed to participate in the Olympics in South Korea.
1. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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| UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appreciated the two sides' agreement to hold military dialogues, calling it an important opportunity to reduce the risk of miscalculation. |
2. US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert
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| In a statement, the US State Department also said that this is a positive development. The US is working with South Korea to ensure that North Korea's participation in the Olympics does not violate UN sanctions resolutions. US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert also said that the US is interested in participating in future dialogues. However, the current difficulty is that the dialogue must be directed towards denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. |
3. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia
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| “I welcome the fact that the parties have started a dialogue with each other. This is what the international community wants to do to solve a problem. First of all, they have to talk. However, this is a unilateral action during the Olympics. I hope that there will be real progress on the situation on the Korean Peninsula,” Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia stressed. |
4. Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan
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| While welcoming North Korea’s participation in the Olympics, Japan has been cautious in its call for continued pressure on North Korea. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea in pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear program would not change. |
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| As North Korea and South Korea held their first high-level talks in more than two years on January 9, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China supports positive moves by Seoul and Pyongyang to improve bilateral relations and hopes the international community will help the two Koreas. |
6. Mr. Ri Son-gwon, head of the North Korean delegation
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| Mr. Ri Son Gwon affirmed: "North Korea has decided to send a large delegation to participate in the Winter Olympics and South Korea has agreed to support necessary issues. Regarding the nuclear issue - North Korea's strategic weapons, including atomic bombs, H-bombs and intercontinental ballistic missiles are only aimed at the US, not at our brotherly countries." - Mr. Ri Son-gwon, head of the North Korean delegation at the meeting with South Korea, said. |
7. Mr. Chung Hae Sung, Vice Minister of Unification of Korea
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| South Korea has proposed a number of measures to ease tensions between the two Koreas, including lifting some sanctions against North Korea. However, South Korean officials say this is just the beginning. "Being able to start means we're halfway there. But there's still a long way to go, and we can't expect everything to go well after just one discussion," Chung Hae-sung, South Korea's vice unification minister, told Reuters. |
