President Moon calls for swift action to implement Panmunjom Declaration
- 6 years ago
It's the first week since the cross-border summit was held between the two Koreas.
During a meeting with his top aides on Monday, President Moon Jae-in thanked the South Korean people for their enthusiastic support.
To his staff, he called for swift follow-up action in accordance with the Panmunjom Declaration.
Hwang Hojun reports. President Moon expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the 2018 inter-Korean summit...
"The Panmunjeom Declaration is the historic start of a new era on the Korean Peninsula."
... and he thanked those in South Korea and abroad for their support,... but he was adamant that there's still much to be done.
"But we've only taken the first step. This is just the beginning. I urge you to put all your effort into following up on this achievement with renewed determination."
Meeting with his top aides Monday afternoon, President Moon again stressed the significance of the Panmunjom Declaration,... the joint statement signed by him and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un last Friday.
He said it established a foundation for the two Koreas to build trust... to ease military tensions, and to seek better communication and achieve mutual prosperity.
To ensure that the Declaration is carried out, President Moon called for the summit *preparation committee... to be reconstituted and tasked with its implementation.
He said South Korea needs to do its utmost to help ensure the success of the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit set for May or early June.
The liberal leader also urged his staff to start with preliminary studies and research to find and prioritize actions that in the current circumstances can be implemented as soon as possible.
A Blue House official later explained that such studies will include a joint research with Pyongyang on possible economic cooperation projects, which currently would be subject to the international sanctions on the North.
And last but not least, President Moon said the Panmunjom Declaration needs to be ratified by the National Assembly.
The point of ratifying the declaration is to acknowledge it as a treaty signed by two states, which would ensure that it's implemented even if there's a change in administration down the road.
But ratification would face major hurdles; South Korea's opposition could block it, for one, and legally, South Korea's Constitution does not recognize a North Korean state as existing.
Hwang Hojun, Arirang News.
During a meeting with his top aides on Monday, President Moon Jae-in thanked the South Korean people for their enthusiastic support.
To his staff, he called for swift follow-up action in accordance with the Panmunjom Declaration.
Hwang Hojun reports. President Moon expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the 2018 inter-Korean summit...
"The Panmunjeom Declaration is the historic start of a new era on the Korean Peninsula."
... and he thanked those in South Korea and abroad for their support,... but he was adamant that there's still much to be done.
"But we've only taken the first step. This is just the beginning. I urge you to put all your effort into following up on this achievement with renewed determination."
Meeting with his top aides Monday afternoon, President Moon again stressed the significance of the Panmunjom Declaration,... the joint statement signed by him and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un last Friday.
He said it established a foundation for the two Koreas to build trust... to ease military tensions, and to seek better communication and achieve mutual prosperity.
To ensure that the Declaration is carried out, President Moon called for the summit *preparation committee... to be reconstituted and tasked with its implementation.
He said South Korea needs to do its utmost to help ensure the success of the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit set for May or early June.
The liberal leader also urged his staff to start with preliminary studies and research to find and prioritize actions that in the current circumstances can be implemented as soon as possible.
A Blue House official later explained that such studies will include a joint research with Pyongyang on possible economic cooperation projects, which currently would be subject to the international sanctions on the North.
And last but not least, President Moon said the Panmunjom Declaration needs to be ratified by the National Assembly.
The point of ratifying the declaration is to acknowledge it as a treaty signed by two states, which would ensure that it's implemented even if there's a change in administration down the road.
But ratification would face major hurdles; South Korea's opposition could block it, for one, and legally, South Korea's Constitution does not recognize a North Korean state as existing.
Hwang Hojun, Arirang News.