[2020 National Assembly Audit] Minister Kang Kyung-wha: "'Declaration of the End of War' is a Political Declaration... Broadening ROK-US Understanding"

"US Approaches from Legal Perspective... Declaration of End of War Was Political Declaration from the Start"

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha attended the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee held at the National Assembly on the 7th for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' audit and is responding to questions from lawmakers. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha stated regarding the support request for the 'Korean Peninsula End-of-War Declaration' emphasized by President Moon Jae-in in his keynote speech at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last month, that it is a "political declaration" and that "we are expanding mutual understanding with the United States."

On the 7th, Minister Kang explained this during the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee's audit in response to a question from Tae Young-ho of the People Power Party, asking whether President Moon's statement on the end-of-war declaration marked a shift in the policy to 'end-of-war declaration first, denuclearization later.'

Minister Kang replied, "(The end-of-war declaration) was a political declaration from the beginning," and added, "What President Moon Jae-in declared recently is the government's direction."

Regarding the results of the South Korea-US senior nuclear negotiators' talks held at the end of last month, she conveyed that the situation is one of expanding mutual understanding. Lee Do-hoon, Director-General for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with key figures including Stephen Biegun, US Deputy Secretary of State and Special Representative for North Korea, in Washington DC from the 27th to the 30th of last month.

Minister Kang said, "South Korea has viewed it as a political declaration, while the United States is looking at the legal aspects," and added, "In the senior nuclear negotiators' talks, both countries are expanding their mutual understanding, and a great deal of consensus is being formed."

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