US officially abolishes the existing North Korea policy…靑 “Trump performance succession” and placement

View larger-President Moon Jae-in’s position and temperature, emphasizing the succession of the’old policy’ of the Donald Trump administration of the 2018 Singapore Declaration, saying that Joe Biden will adopt a new strategy as the first official message to North Korea after the inauguration of the US administration The car is becoming clear. This is because it has officially announced that it will abolish the Trump administration’s policy toward North Korea. Accordingly, there is growing concern that if the US is unreasonably persuaded by President Moon’s “successor of the Trump administration’s achievements,” there may be a rupture sound between the ROK and the United States over North Korea policy. The Blue House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to grasp the meaning while keeping an eye on the meaning of the’new strategy’.

White House spokesman Jen Saki read prepared answers to reporters’ questions at a briefing on the 22nd (local time). “We will adopt a new strategy to keep Americans and allies safe,” he said, citing’option options for pressure on North Korea.’ “The President’s point of view is undoubtedly that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missiles and other nuclear proliferation-related activities pose a serious threat to international peace and global security,” he said. “We clearly have a vital interest in deterring North Korea.” He emphasized. “In order to cooperate in force (North Korea), the US will closely consult with regional partners in (Asia).”

The formalization of “adopting a new strategy” is “it is necessary to continue and develop the achievements of the Trump administration. It is contrary to President Moon’s remarks at the New Year’s press conference on the 18th, saying, “We must start again with the Singapore agreement.” It can also be interpreted that President Biden would break away from the policy of’strategic patience’, which did not have a clear policy toward North Korea in the days of the Barack Obama administration, when Vice President was Vice President, to actively deter North Korean nuclear weapons. An official at the Blue House said, “I will not say that the new government will succeed to the previous government or continue with the current strategy.” “As Biden’s administration said it would closely cooperate with Korea, we will establish a policy direction toward North Korea through consultations with South Korea.”

However, if the Korean government tries to broker North Korea-US talks, emphasizing “North Korea’s willingness to denuclearize,” as in the 2018 Singapore summit, to the Biden administration, which declared President Trump’s top-down approach to North Korea as a failure. You can also show this rejection. Former National Foreign Minister Yoon Deok-min said, “The White House’s announcement is that he will not succeed the Trump administration.” As Biden’s administration emphasized the seriousness of the North Korean nuclear issue and deterrence against North Korea rather than immediate negotiations with North Korea, it is possible to engage in a nervous war with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who insisted on the’withdrawal of US hostile policy’ and the’strong-to-strong, good-for-good principle. Also increased. Inside and outside the government, the’new strategy’ announced by the White House intensified pressure on North Korea to bring North Korea to the negotiating table, and then, as in the 2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA), a multilateral solution in which not only North Korea-US but also China and Russia participate in negotiation It is highly likely to be. It is reported that the Biden administration is also considering that the hole in sanctions against North Korea cannot be blocked without cooperation between China and Russia. In particular, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan have emphasized multilateral nuclear negotiations and tightening sanctions against North Korea, saying, “The best nuclear deal with North Korea is Iran.”

In the midst of this, North Korea’s official in charge of Sydney Cyler, the National Intelligence Committee under the US National Intelligence Service (DNI), emphasized “re-multilateralization of the North Korean nuclear issue” and suggested “a multilateral approach such as the six-party talks” as a solution. Noted. After serving as an assistant to Korea and Japan at the White House National Security Council (NSC) in the Obama administration, he is known to be highly likely to return to the State Department.

A government official said, “The Biden administration is paying attention to the possibility of attempting to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through Iran’s nuclear negotiations. The process of the US returning to the JCPOA will be an important signal for North Korea.”

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