The presidential workplace mentioned Tuesday that South Korea has no hostile intent towards North Korea, hours after the North denounced the discharge of a joint reality sheet on current South Korea-U.S. commerce and safety agreements amounted to “formalizing” a confrontational coverage towards Pyongyang.
Earlier within the day, North Korea issued a prolonged commentary carried by the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA), arguing that the U.S. approval of South Korea’s push to construct nuclear-powered submarines will result in a “nuclear domino” phenomenon within the area.
“We are going to proceed to work constantly towards easing inter-Korean tensions and restoring belief between the 2 Koreas,” presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung mentioned in a press discover.
“Opposite to the commentary carried by the KCNA, the federal government has no hostile or confrontational intent towards the North,” she added.
Kang burdened that South Korea’s safety cooperation with america is aimed toward safeguarding nationwide pursuits and safeguarding nationwide protection.
“The federal government will proceed efforts to make sure the South Korea-U.S. alliance contributes to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and within the area,” she mentioned.
Within the commentary, the North additionally took difficulty with the U.S.’ formal approval of South Korea’s push to construct nuclear-powered submarines and the allies’ dedication to finishing denuclearization of the North.
It marked Pyongyang’s first response to the doc that Seoul and Washington launched Friday over the outcomes of two summits between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump in August and October.
The North’s warning got here because it has not responded to Trump’s repeated proposal to fulfill with North Korean chief Kim Jong-un to renew stalled diplomacy with Pyongyang. Kim earlier mentioned the North stays open to talks with the U.S. if Washington doesn’t demand North Korea’s denuclearization as a precondition for dialogue.
