More NK denuclearization measures needed to declare end to Korean War: experts
2024-09-22 17:24:26 [行业动态] 来源:Anhui News
Despite the two Koreas’ efforts to declare an official end to the Korean War within the year, it is unlikely to be achieved without significant measure for denuclearization by North Korea, analysts said.
A day after a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the South’s National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong said Thursday that both parties had reiterated their pledge to adopt the end-of the-war declaration as a trust-building measure to ease decades-old animosity.
Kim reassured the South Korean envoy that the declaration would not lead to the withdrawal of 28,500 US forces stationed in South Korea -- a major concern for security policymakers in Washington.
“The declaration has nothing to do with weakening the South Korea-US alliance and withdrawal of US forces in South Korea,” Kim was quoted as saying by Chung.
National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong(left) shakes hands with North Korea`s leader Kim Jong-un. Yonhap
However, analysts say that Kim’s assurance is not enough to change Washington’s reluctance to declare an end to the Korean War, a symbolic measure to ease North Korea’s security concerns until the armistice agreement is replaced with a peace treaty.
Washington has insisted that North Korea first hand over a full inventory of its nuclear program before the declaration. North Korea, on the other hand, says the US should sign the agreement first, as it has already taken serious steps for denuclearization,
While North Korean leader Kim described to Chung his decision to dismantle nuclear and missile test facilities as “a pre-emptive measure for good faith,” experts said those measures fall short of meeting Washington’s expectations.
“Washington’s resistance to the end-of-the-war declaration is not as strong as before. Some even believe it could make such concessions,” said Ko Myung-hyun, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, who recently met with US security officials and experts.
“But shutting down a nuclear testing ground and a missile engine facility site is not enough. It needs a bigger show to impress the US, such as dismantlement of intercontinental ballistic missiles. But will North Korea do it? I doubt it. That’s the problem.”
Experts also noted adopting the declaration would deprive the US of major leverage against North Korea during the denuclearization process, given the mounting criticism in Washington that President Trump has made too many concessions.
After his summit with Kim in Singapore, Trump abruptly accepted Kim’s demand that Washington should stop its joint military exercise with South Korea. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said last month there would be no more halt to any more exercises.
The decision has prompted Trump to use the declaration as the only way to mount pressure on North Korea’s denuclearization, as other measures, such as sanctions relief, requires congressional approval.
“I think there is little leverage left for Trump to strike a deal with North Korea using his own presidential authority,” said Park Won-gon, an international relations professor at Handong Global University.
“We still don’t know exactly what Kim promised on denuclearization to the South Korean envoy. But if there were no significant difference from what was announced today, Washington would unlikely to change its position.”
By Yeo Jun-suk (jasonyeo@heraldcorp.com)
A day after a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the South’s National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong said Thursday that both parties had reiterated their pledge to adopt the end-of the-war declaration as a trust-building measure to ease decades-old animosity.
Kim reassured the South Korean envoy that the declaration would not lead to the withdrawal of 28,500 US forces stationed in South Korea -- a major concern for security policymakers in Washington.
“The declaration has nothing to do with weakening the South Korea-US alliance and withdrawal of US forces in South Korea,” Kim was quoted as saying by Chung.
However, analysts say that Kim’s assurance is not enough to change Washington’s reluctance to declare an end to the Korean War, a symbolic measure to ease North Korea’s security concerns until the armistice agreement is replaced with a peace treaty.
Washington has insisted that North Korea first hand over a full inventory of its nuclear program before the declaration. North Korea, on the other hand, says the US should sign the agreement first, as it has already taken serious steps for denuclearization,
While North Korean leader Kim described to Chung his decision to dismantle nuclear and missile test facilities as “a pre-emptive measure for good faith,” experts said those measures fall short of meeting Washington’s expectations.
“Washington’s resistance to the end-of-the-war declaration is not as strong as before. Some even believe it could make such concessions,” said Ko Myung-hyun, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, who recently met with US security officials and experts.
“But shutting down a nuclear testing ground and a missile engine facility site is not enough. It needs a bigger show to impress the US, such as dismantlement of intercontinental ballistic missiles. But will North Korea do it? I doubt it. That’s the problem.”
Experts also noted adopting the declaration would deprive the US of major leverage against North Korea during the denuclearization process, given the mounting criticism in Washington that President Trump has made too many concessions.
After his summit with Kim in Singapore, Trump abruptly accepted Kim’s demand that Washington should stop its joint military exercise with South Korea. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said last month there would be no more halt to any more exercises.
The decision has prompted Trump to use the declaration as the only way to mount pressure on North Korea’s denuclearization, as other measures, such as sanctions relief, requires congressional approval.
“I think there is little leverage left for Trump to strike a deal with North Korea using his own presidential authority,” said Park Won-gon, an international relations professor at Handong Global University.
“We still don’t know exactly what Kim promised on denuclearization to the South Korean envoy. But if there were no significant difference from what was announced today, Washington would unlikely to change its position.”
By Yeo Jun-suk (jasonyeo@heraldcorp.com)
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