South Korea urges North Korea to have denuclearization talks

South Korean President Moon Jae – In urged North Korea to get closer with South Korea for pushing the progress of denuclearization talks on Tuesday (September 24).

South Korean President Moon Jae - In speaks in UNGA (photo: AP)

He said that South Korea “will guarantee the security of North Korea. I hope North Korea will do the same for South Korea”.

He also called Trump’s walk with Kim into North Korea “was a remarkable step that will go down in the history of peace on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia. I hope both leaders will take yet another huge step from there”.

Furthermore, Moon believed the mutual security commitments will boost the denuclearization and peace in Korean Peninsula “The two Koreas and the United States are setting their sights not only on denuclearization and peace but also on the economic cooperation that will follow thereafter”.

He added “If North Korea makes sincere efforts to implement denuclearization, the international community should also reciprocate” and “the establishment of an international peace zone will provide an institutional and realistic guarantee to North Korea’s security. At the same time, South Korea will also be able to gain permanent peace”.

The US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae – In had met and discussed on the third summit with North Korea on Monday (September 23) in the perspective of the denuclearization talks were still a deadlock since the meeting between Kim and Trump on June 30 at Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

Trump even show his opinion on North Korea in his meeting with Moon that “there's been no nuclear testing at all. And the relationships have been very good ... We want to see if we can do something. If we can, that'll be great. And if we can't, that's fine, we'll see what happens”.

Even though Moon expected the working – level negotiations between the US and North Korea would be held soon, Trump want to “know what’s going to be coming out of it” that “can know a lot before the summit takes place” and gave no information on exact schedule for the meeting with North Korea.

North Korea, then, had conducted a series of short – range missiles tests to oppose the US – South Korea joint military drills and had announced to cancel inter – Korean talks. However, President Trump said “we didn’t have an agreement on short-range missiles. And a lot of people and a lot of countries test short-range missiles. There’s nothing spectacular about that”.

North Korea had sent a positive signal by saying it was willing to meet and talk with the US in late September before having its eighth projectiles launch. President Trump, after that, also affirmed on September 12 to be ready for denuclearization discussion with North Korea.

In addition, last week, South Korea’s newspaper showed the letter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to invite President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in August, but Trump said "I would do it ... at some time in a later future, and depending on what happens I'm sure he'll love coming to the United States also. But, no, I don't think it's ready for that. I think we have a ways to go yet”.

AP, Reuters ( Van Nguyen )