As a result of Korea-China strategic negotiations, Korea's declaration of an end to the war is being reused to control the Biden administration's direct negotiations with North Korea.
On the 5th, 'Newsis' reported that <President Moon can directly step forward as he has reached a certain level of consensus on the need with high-level officials in Korea and China. There is a possibility that he will send a secret letter to Chairman Kim Jong-un to explain the flow of discussion on the end of the war between the ROK-U.S. and South Korea-China parties and persuade him to engage in dialogue. There is a possibility that it will be done before the middle of this month,” he reported.
US Secretary of State Tony Bleecan said, "The United States has discussed what its allies and partners are thinking," said US Secretary of State Tony Bleacon, when asked by Reuters about the "diplomatic boycott" discussion at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 3rd. “The United States is committed to ensuring that Taiwan has the means to defend itself,” he said.
The 'Kyunghyang Shinmun' reported on the 5th that <The Blue House supports the (Korea) end-of-war declaration, and the declaration of an end to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula is supported by the (Korea) end-of-war declaration during a meeting with Blue House National Security Office Director Suh Hoon in Tianjin on the 2nd. I think it will help to improve,” he said. However, this information was omitted from the meeting-related data released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. .
On the 5th, Moon Jeong-in, president of the Sejong Institute (former security adviser to the president), said on the 5th, “If we give up our diplomatic efforts to make a breakthrough for peace on the Korean Peninsula because of the short term remaining, it is just a neglect of duty, ignoring our constitutional obligations. The argument not to nail the nail for the next government is also a frame for domestic politics that makes peace and security into a political struggle. It is close to the character of affirming the will to end the war that has been overcome>, he told the Hankyoreh.
President Moon Jae-in said in his keynote speech to the UN General Assembly on September 21, "I propose that the three South and North Americans or the four North and South Americans come together to declare the end of the war on the Korean Peninsula."
On the 2nd, President Moon told US Defense Secretary Austin on the 2nd, "I have proposed a declaration of an end to the Korean War in order to hand over to the next government the situation in which North Korea-US dialogue and inter-Korean dialogue are in progress." “Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait” was stipulated in the joint statement.
North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Tae-sung said in a statement on September 24, "Even if a declaration of an end to the war is declared, the declaration of an end to the war is only an illusion, as long as the 'US hostile policy toward the DPRK' remains the biggest obstacle to the end of the war."
At the Supreme People's Assembly on September 29, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said, "If we discuss the issue of declaring an end to the war, hostile acts will continue even if we declare an end to the war, leaving the factors that have fueled distrust and confrontation between the north and the south." Prior to declaring this, respect for each other is guaranteed, and prejudice towards the other side, unfair double attitude, and hostile viewpoints and policies must be withdrawn first.”
At the end of the report in front of ‘Newsis’, it was reported that “China’s support for the declaration of an end to the war was at a fundamental level that it would play a role in the promotion of the four-party declaration of an end to the war between the two Koreas, the United States and China. It is said that there was no support for the text of an end-of-war declaration that was derived from the previous discussions between the ROK and the US>.
The report in front of 'Kyunghyang' reported that <Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xinghai appeared on a broadcast last month and said, "China is open to declaring the end of the war, but even if we do something about the end of the war, it is right to discuss it with China." It accurately describes the current position of
Douglas McGregor, a strategist of the Republican Party of the Trump administration, was the first to propose an end to the war in the United States, and was appointed as a policy adviser to the Pentagon during the latter part of the Trump administration after writing a "declaration of an end to the war" on Fox News during the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2019.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (Democratic Party) responded to a question about the end of the war at a press conference held by the Korea-U.S.-Japan Vice Foreign Ministers' Council on the 17th of last month, "On the issue around end of war statement. I'm very satisfied.” She said in an 'end of war statement' rather than an 'end of war declaration'.
North Korea's UN Ambassador Kim Seong said in a speech to the United Nations on September 27, "The fact that the South Korean authorities are keen to develop advanced weapons under the acquiescence of the United States and that South Korea is bringing in a lot of war equipment is a dangerous act that disrupts the military balance of the Korean peninsula." He stated that the Moon Jae-in administration's military increase was the reason for opposing the declaration of an end to the war.