The United States Administration is open to discussing the preparation of a declaration on the end of the war on the Korean peninsula. This was stated by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Wednesday, September 22.
"The United States remains committed to achieving lasting peace on the Korean peninsula through dialogue and diplomacy with North Korea. We continue to strive for cooperation to resolve various issues, and we are open to discussing the possibility of a declaration on the end of the war," Kirby said at a briefing by the US Department of Defense.
Thus, he responded to the initiative of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who proposed during his speech at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN General Assembly) to declare the end of the war on the Korean peninsula in the presence of China and the United States.
On August 10, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, deputy head of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers 'Party of Korea Kim Ye-jung said that peace on the Korean peninsula can be achieved only after the" expulsion " of the US military from there, which affect the periodic deterioration of relations between South and North Korea.
On August 8, it became known that South Korea and the United States will hold joint exercises, despite the protests of the DPRK. It is noted that the question of how the summer exercises will be held has attracted close attention, especially after Kim Yo Jong warned that the exercises will negatively affect the atmosphere of reconciliation that has developed after Pyongyang restored communication lines with South Korea.
On July 27, the DPRK and the Republic of Korea restored a direct line of communication between the two countries. Deputy head of the press service of the US State Department Jalina Porter, in turn, noted that diplomacy and dialogue are " an integral part of achieving complete denuclearization and establishing permanent peace on the Korean peninsula."
