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South Korea’s new liberal president introduced Friday his plans to finish some navy actions alongside its border with North Korea and restore a 2018 navy settlement with its neighbor in an effort to cut back border tensions.
Talking on the eightieth anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, President Lee Jae Myung stated he would carry again the so-called September 19 Complete Navy Settlement, a de-escalation measure reached between North Korean chief Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s former liberal President Moon Jae-in.
“Everybody is aware of that the long-drawn-out hostility advantages individuals in neither of the 2 Koreas,” Lee stated throughout his speech.
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South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, introduced Friday his plans to finish some navy actions alongside its border with North Korea. (AP)
The settlement ended some navy actions on the border between the 2 nations, together with creating buffer zones on land and sea and no-fly zones above the border to stop combating. It additionally ended navy drills close to the border and eliminated some guard posts alongside the Demilitarized Zone.
The deal was signed at an inter-Korean summit in 2018, however ultimately fell aside as cross-border tensions ensued.
Lee referred to as on the North to reply to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild belief and revive dialogue, though how Pyongyang will reply stays unclear.
Lee stated he would carry again the so-called September 19 Complete Navy Settlement. (AP)
In current weeks, high North Korean officers have dismissed different strikes by Lee to ease stress between the 2 nations.
The South’s new president pointed to his authorities’s efforts to decrease tensions, together with stopping the launch of balloons floated by activists with anti-North Korea leaflets and the halting of loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts throughout the border.
“Specifically, to stop unintentional clashes between South and North Korea and to construct navy belief, we are going to take proactive, gradual steps to revive the September 19 Navy Settlement,” Lee stated.
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Lee referred to as on the North to reply to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild belief and revive dialogue. (AP)
“I hope that North Korea will reciprocate our efforts to revive belief and revive dialogue,” he added.
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In June of final 12 months, former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol introduced a whole suspension of the navy pact after North Korea despatched a whole bunch of rubbish-stuffed balloons throughout the border. The North had left the pact in November 2023.
Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.
