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The Inter-Korean Summit Declaration of April 27, 2018: a review in detail

4 May 2018

Among the issues this review examines are the implications of various provisions in The Declaration for two great powers with long-standing interests in and influence on the Korean peninsula: China and the United States. [...] However, in the context of the threats made in 2017 by the United States to initiate a preventive war in order to forcibly disarm the North, it may be the most . [...] Related Section 3.4 of The Declaration states: "...measures being initiated by North Korea are very meaningful and crucial for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and [South and North] agreed to carry out their respective roles and responsibilities in this regard." There is little doubt that the "measures" referred to in Section 3.4 are the components of the present "freeze" in the testin. [...] “Division and confrontation” on the Korean peninsula, established by the war and armistice in the 1950s, continued to serve the interests of both the U. [...] Section 1.5 states: "South and North Korea agreed to endeavour to swiftly resolve the humanitarian issues that resulted from the division of the nation, and to convene the Inter-Korean Red Cross Meeting to discuss and solve various issues, including the reunion of separated families.

Authors

Anastasia

Pages
7
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United States of America