Remarkable farewell message from South Korean President Moon Jae-in

In his speech, the outgoing president called for the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue amid rising tension in the North Korea’s continuous weapons testing.

“Peace is the condition of our existence, the condition of prosperity. I sincerely hope that efforts for peaceful denuclearization and institutionalization will continue with the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue,” Moon said.

Looking back on his five years as president, Moon Jae-in reiterated his role in trying to turn the tide of the 2017 crisis, when North Korea conducted a nuclear test and tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).ICBM) – into dialogue and diplomacy.

Moon Jae-in said he had turned the “crisis of war on the Korean Peninsula” in 2017 into a “period of dialogue” and raised hopes for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula.

President Moon Jae-in, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un three times in 2018, has made interactions with North Korea a top priority and mediating summits between Kim Jong-un and Kim Jong-un. -un and then US President Donald Trump.

However, since the second summit between Mr Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump ended without a deal, North Korea did not attend the negotiations over its nuclear weapons program. This year, North Korea has conducted 15 weapons tests, including an ICBM launch. The international community is concerned that North Korea could carry out more ICBM launches or even a nuclear test.

In another development, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will begin his term at midnight on 9/5 in an underground bunker in the new president’s office with a meeting as Commander in Chief with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

Mr. Yoon Suk-yeol will be briefed by phone in the basement of the new presidential office in Yongsan, which will serve as the situation room of the national crisis management center.

The National Crisis Center is used for the president’s National Security Council meetings and has been set up in the bunker below. Blue House before the presidential office moved to Yongsan.

Mr. Yoon Suk-yeol’s predecessors, Mr. Moon Jae-in and Ms. Park Geun-hye, received the JCS’s first call at the private residence, while former President Lee Myung-bak received the first report. at the transition team’s office.

Mr. Lee Myung-bak and Ms. Park Geun-hye held the first meeting with the JCS at midnight, while Mr. Moon Jae-in held it at 8 a.m. because his term began shortly after Ms. Park Geun-hye dismissed.