Moon and Abe talk on the Korean nuclear issue: a very subtle position difference
Chois Dong
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2017-05-31 10:10:59
Xinhua News agency Seoul May 30 (reporter Shupeng Yao Qirin) South Korean President Moon and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 30th telephone, exchanged views on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, the two sides showed subtle differences in position.
The day calls are made by the Japanese side for a duration of about 20 minutes. South Korea's presidential palace in Tsing WA Taiwan said in a media report that the North's recent missile test activity, which is intolerable. Abe said it is not time to restart the dialogue, lest the dialogue be exploited by the DPRK.
The green Tile said that moon in the call to Abe's part of the argument that the time is not a dialogue, should raise the level of sanctions and pressure.
But Moon also stressed the need to fundamentally deal with the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the ultimate goal of sanctions and pressure is to urge North Korea to return to the nuclear-free negotiating table. As a result, the international community, while firmly responding to the DPRK's move, also needs to keep signalling to the DPRK that there could be a dialogue if the DPRK abandons its nuclear development program.
On the phone, Abe also briefed moon on the discussions on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue at the recent end of the Group of Seven Summit. Moon said he expects Abe to send envoys to visit South Korea to discuss the nuclear issue. Finish)
The day calls are made by the Japanese side for a duration of about 20 minutes. South Korea's presidential palace in Tsing WA Taiwan said in a media report that the North's recent missile test activity, which is intolerable. Abe said it is not time to restart the dialogue, lest the dialogue be exploited by the DPRK.
The green Tile said that moon in the call to Abe's part of the argument that the time is not a dialogue, should raise the level of sanctions and pressure.
But Moon also stressed the need to fundamentally deal with the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the ultimate goal of sanctions and pressure is to urge North Korea to return to the nuclear-free negotiating table. As a result, the international community, while firmly responding to the DPRK's move, also needs to keep signalling to the DPRK that there could be a dialogue if the DPRK abandons its nuclear development program.
On the phone, Abe also briefed moon on the discussions on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue at the recent end of the Group of Seven Summit. Moon said he expects Abe to send envoys to visit South Korea to discuss the nuclear issue. Finish)
