President Lee Jae-myung expressed his will to promote multilateral dialogue for a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula at the United Nations General Assembly.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ha Chae-rim = President Lee Jae-myung expressed his will to promote multilateral dialogue on the 'Korean Peninsula peace regime' through a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, a representative international stage, on the 22nd (New York local time).

In his keynote speech that day, President Lee said that the peace regime on the Korean Peninsula is a task that North and South Korea, the United States, and China have sympathized with and discussed, adding, "The Republic of Korea will quickly resume the dialogue between North Korea and the United States, which has been halted for a long time, and lay the foundation for it to develop into dialogue between the parties to end the war on the Korean Peninsula and transition to a peace regime."

In his congratulatory speech on August 15, President Lee emphasized his determination to build a peace regime and proposed starting "discussions between the parties." In his speech, he specifically stated that the parties included South Korea, North Korea, the United States, and China.

Although it did not officially propose four-party talks on this day, Korea expressed to the international community its intention to pursue multilateral dialogue, including with South Korea, the United States, and China, with the agenda of establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

President Lee emphasized that through multilateral dialogue discussing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, ▲ normalization of relations between the parties, ▲ common growth through multilateral cooperation, and ▲ promotion of stability and cooperation in Northeast Asia.

An official from the Ministry of Unification explained in relation to this, "Specifically, this means that the establishment of diplomatic relations between North Korea and Japan, multilateral humanitarian and economic cooperation or cooperation in climate response, easing military tensions, and stopping North Korea's nuclear and missile advancement can be dealt with within the framework of dialogue to build a peace regime."

President Lee also explained again the step-by-step denuclearization plan as a solution to the North Korean nuclear issue, saying, "We will first stop North Korea's advancement of its nuclear and missile capabilities, reduce them in the medium term, and move toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula in the long term."

Last year, he mentioned 'Denuclearization' in his speech at the UN General Assembly, but this year he used the expression 'nuclear-free Korean Peninsula' instead of denuclearization. The language of denuclearization was also included in the draft of this year's speech, but was reportedly left out at the last minute.

The direction of peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula, or 'three major blueprints' (inclusive, stable, and responsible peaceful coexistence) announced in the August 15 congratulatory speech, was also reaffirmed.

However, the use of North Korea's official country name, as suggested by some experts, was not reflected this time, and the expressions 'North', 'North', and 'South and North' were used.

On this day, President Lee said, "35 years ago, South and North Korea became UN member states together right here." On the stage of the UN General Assembly 35 years ago, then-President Roh Tae-woo called North Korea the 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea', highlighting the significance of South and North Korea's simultaneous accession to the UN.

In his speech, President Lee pledged that South Korea would play a role in laying the foundation for the realization of multilateral dialogue for a peace regime, but considering North Korea's refusal to define South and North Korea as a "hostile relationship between two countries," this is bound to be a difficult task.

Park Won-gon, a professor at Ewha Womans University, said in a phone call with Yonhap News, "Persuading the U.S. and China to conclude a U.S.-North Korea dialogue is the way to open the door to multilateral dialogue to build a peace regime, and the government has also chosen this. This process must be carried out with thorough ROK-U.S. cooperation to increase the possibility of realizing the government's plan."