Overseas envoys and South Korean authorities officers pose for a gaggle picture after a coverage briefing for overseas diplomats and representatives of worldwide organizations in Seoul, Dec. 16. The briefing included representatives from 41 establishments, together with ambassadors and senior diplomats, and worldwide organizations such because the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross and UNICEF. Courtesy of Ministry of Unification
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification held a coverage briefing for ambassadors and representatives of worldwide organizations in Seoul on Dec. 16, calling for sustained worldwide consideration and cooperation to advertise peaceable coexistence on the Korean Peninsula.
The briefing, chaired by Vice Unification Minister Kim Nam-jung, was designed to assist the worldwide neighborhood higher perceive current developments on the peninsula, the present state of inter-Korean relations and the South Korean authorities’s coverage course towards North Korea for the approaching yr.
A complete of 41 establishments took half within the session. Contributors included diplomats from 14 international locations belonging to the so-called “Korean Peninsula Membership,” whose ambassadors are concurrently accredited to each South and North Korea. Representatives from 13 international locations within the “Peace Membership,” which keep diplomatic missions in North Korea have been additionally in attendance. Diplomats from European Union member states and Japan additionally joined the briefing, together with representatives from 4 worldwide organizations, together with the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross and UNICEF.
In his opening remarks, Kim pressured the significance of rebuilding belief between the 2 Koreas and restoring dialogue amid heightened tensions. He outlined the South Korean authorities’s proactive measures geared toward decreasing tensions and defined its three guiding rules for peaceable coexistence on the peninsula.
Kim additionally underscored the importance of the approaching yr, noting that a number of main political and diplomatic occasions are scheduled that would affect the safety surroundings. He urged the worldwide neighborhood to assist make subsequent yr a turning level, a “first yr of peaceable coexistence,” by way of continued curiosity, engagement and cooperation.
The briefing supplied a possibility for overseas diplomats and worldwide organizations to alternate views with South Korean officers on inter-Korean relations and humanitarian points, together with the function of worldwide cooperation in easing tensions and enhancing situations for susceptible populations.
The unification ministry has frequently hosted coverage briefings for overseas embassies and worldwide organizations in Seoul as a part of its efforts to take care of shut communication on North Korea-related points. Such briefings are supposed to make sure transparency in coverage and to encourage coordination with the worldwide neighborhood.
A ministry official mentioned the federal government would proceed to intently have interaction with diplomats and worldwide organizations in pursuit of peace and coexistence on the Korean Peninsula, emphasizing that cooperation stays important in addressing the complicated challenges surrounding inter-Korean relations.
