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18:03, 30-Apr-2018
ROK president calls for rapid ratification of Panmunjom Declaration in parliament
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Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in has called for rapid bipartisan ratification by parliament of the joint Panmunjom Declaration with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Moon's office said he made remarks at a meeting on Monday with senior presidential secretaries, the first since Friday's summit with Kim Jong Un, the top DPRK leader, in the border village of Panmunjom.
In the declaration issued after the meeting, the leaders agreed to a complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the change of current armistice agreement between the neighbors into a peace treaty by the end of this year.
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) attending the official dinner with ROK President Moon Jae-in (2nd R) and his wife Kim Jung-sook at the end of their historic summit at the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. /VCG Photo
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) attending the official dinner with ROK President Moon Jae-in (2nd R) and his wife Kim Jung-sook at the end of their historic summit at the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. /VCG Photo
Blue House said Moon emphasized that the Panmunjom Declaration must be made "an irreversible history for peace and prosperity" on the peninsula, and instructed his secretaries to focus on follow-up measures.
The ROK leader said measures should be rapidly taken to ratify the inter-Korean agreement in the National Assembly and officials were ordered to seek bipartisan support in achieving this goal.
It is a part of efforts to make the Panmunjom Declaration a law that cannot be altered due to government changes in the ROK.
Previous inter-Korean agreements, reached at the first and second summits between the two Koreas in 2000 and 2007, were suspended under different governments.
Moon said the government should make all necessary efforts for the successful DPRK-US summit, which is forecast to be held in May or early June.
He told officials to maintain a close dialogue channel with the DPRK and the US while making efforts to secure support internationally.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency