Vaccine swap negotiations seem to have begun as the US Biden administration revised the'CVID' (irreversible abolition for complete verification) agreed by South Korea in the Trump regime through verification denuclearization (FFVD).
In the '2021 Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Implementation Report' released on the 19th, the U.S. State Department announced a policy amendment to "Final and fully verified North Korea's denuclearization (FFVD)". Complete, verifiable and irreversible disposal).
On the 19th, Foreign Minister Eui-yong of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Transportation Commission said, "We are discussing this very seriously with the US (about the corona vaccine swap), and even when the climate envoy of US President John Kerry came on the 17th to 18th, the issue was intensively discussed. "But he did not mention the'vaccine swap negotiation exchange'.
Minister Chung replied earlier in the National Assembly that Japan's decision to discharge contaminated water from nuclear power plants would be "no objection if it follows the appropriate procedure that meets the standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
The day before (17th), Minister Chung met with US President John Kerry, Special Envoy for Gifu, and Kerry said at a press conference in Korea on the 18th, "I am confident that Japan has cooperated closely with the IAEA and will continue to do so." "We have to see how this is going and how Japan is doing it, but we have no plans right now. The US is already on the way, and it is not appropriate to intervene in the process with very clear rules and expectations."
Right before the Singapore-North Korea summit, US Secretary of State Pompeo said, “The ultimate goal of diplomatic negotiations with North Korea has not changed. CVID is the only goal the United States can accept. Among these, the most important thing is'V'”, announced on June 11, 2018.
The White House's joint statement on the 16th of the US-Japan summit said, "The United States and Japan reaffirmed that North Korea will be committed to the complete denuclearization of North Korea, urging North Korea to comply with its obligations under the resolutions of the UN Security Council and urge the international community to fully implement it." Subtracted.
Minister Pompeo, the leader of the Trump regime's strategy toward North Korea, said, “If the two leaders sign an agreement and annexed documents tomorrow, it will be an agreement that will change history not only for Southeast Asia, but also for North Asia and the world.” And are willing to provide unprecedented security guarantees.”
In his memoirs, White House aide Bolton said, “On May 4, 2018, National Security Officer Eui-yong Eui visited the White House and explained the results of the April 27 Panmunjom meeting in more detail.” "We strongly pushed Chairman Kim to agree to denuclearization, which cannot be done (CVID)."
The memoir follows, “President Moon (to Kim Jong-un) has to do a big deal with Trump. Details should be discussed in working-level negotiations, but he explained that the benefits after denuclearization will be received after denuclearization is completed.'
The memoir revealed that the White House's guarantee of Chief Executive Officer Chung, "the Korean side delivered'the US means denuclearization (CVID)' to Chairman Kim, and explained that Chairman Kim is willing to accept it." Specified.
In the memoir, Jung said to Bolton's assistant, "President Moon wants to discuss this matter before President Trump and Chairman Kim meet," and Bolton responded "fully agree" and responded to the Korea-US summit in late May. He said he had caught.
Shortly after the Sangapore talks, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States held a meeting in Seoul on the 14th, and at a joint press conference, Minister Pompeo made a joint statement stating that “North Korea will strive for complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.” Prior to the talks, the US and Japan said, “The North has requested a complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) from North Korea, but it was not included in the joint statement.” “Korea, the United States and Japan are continuing their efforts to achieve CVID.”
The US State Department responded to a Yonhap News inquiry on the 20th in connection with the'vaccine swap' consultation, saying, "We will not comment on the details of private diplomatic dialogue."