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Bush, Roh Call For NKorea Peace And Reunification
Gyeongju, South Korea (AFP) Nov 17, 2005 US President George W. Bush and his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-Hyun said Thursday they were committed to eventual peace and reunification on the Korean peninsula. North and South Korea have been technically at war ever since the 1950-1953 Korean War and have yet to replace the armistice that ended the conflict with a proper peace treaty. "The two leaders agreed that reducing the military threat on the Korean Peninsula and moving from the current armistice mechanism to a peace mechanism would contribute to full reconciliation and peaceful reunification on the Korean Peninsula," said a joint statement from Bush and Roh after their summit here. Calls for a formal peace treaty have been made before by both North and South Korea. Bush and Roh said Thursday that eventual treaty talks should take place "in a forum separate from the six-party (nuclear) talks". Their joint statement was issued after the two leaders met ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the South Korean port city of Busan. Ahead of the fourth round of six-party talks which began in July, North Korea suggested that Washington and Pyongyang should replace the armistice with a peace mechanism. A peace mechanism on the Korean peninsula would lead to an end to hostility between the two sides, which would in turn "automatically result in the denuclearization of the peninsula," it said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
World Powers Threaten Defiant Iran Over Nuclear Crisis
Vienna (AFP) Jan 11, 2006World powers threatened Iran with UN Security Council sanctions Wednesday after it resumed sensitive nuclear activities as a defiant Tehran vowed to press ahead with its disputed atomic programme. |
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