Iraq comments on the historical summit of the two Koreas
Iraq comments on the historical summit of the two Koreas
2018/4/29 11:15
{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} Iraq was officially suspended on the historic summit of North and South Korea held last Friday.
“We welcome the historic meeting that brought together the North and South Korean leaders, which resulted in the signing of a peace agreement between the two neighbors, and we hope that the two sides can take steps that contribute to enhancing security,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Mahjoub said in a statement received by the Euphrates News Agency. Stability on the Korean Peninsula and the world. ”
“We are confident that understanding and reconciliation is the basis for establishing peace and we hope that the conflicts in the world will end and lead to dialogue that establishes international security,” he added.
Kim Jong-un, the first North Korean president to set foot in South Korea, crossed the military border line that divided the Korean peninsula into two countries since the end of the Korean War 65 years ago.
Kim met with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jay-en on the border Friday morning and then headed to their historic headquarters in the demilitarized zone between the two countries.
In a move that bore a great symbolic significance, the two presidents shook hands on the borderline in the demilitarized zone between the two countries.
North and South Korean leaders vowed to work for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula after a historic summit.
The two sides also agreed, according to a joint statement after the summit, to push for the transformation of the truce that ended the Korean War in 1953 to a peace treaty this year.
South Korea’s office said on Sunday that North Korea would close its nuclear test site in May.
A spokesman for the South Korean president said the closure would be carried out openly and foreign experts from South Korea and the United States would be invited to verify it
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