Qingwatai refutes Bolton's new book on Korean and Korean content: severely distorts the facts and seriously undermines the mutual trust needed for negotiations

  [Global Reporter Hou Jiaxin] "Severely Distorted Facts", Zheng Yirong, director of the National Security Office of the Blue House in South Korea, rejected the former US National Security Adviser Bolton's "House of Incidents: A Memoir of the White House" in a new book involving North Korea consultations and DPRK-US leaders meeting Details.

  Yonhap News said that in a statement that day, Zheng Yirong stated that much of the content in the book reflects what Bolton saw from "own perspective" rather than "accurate facts." There are quite a few contents in the book that seriously distort the facts. This move will seriously damage the development of the Korea-US alliance and hopes that the US will take corresponding measures to prevent similar situations from recurring.

  The report mentioned that Zheng Yirong also accused Bolton of unilaterally disclosing the details of diplomatic consultations based on intergovernmental trust. The book "House of Events: Memoirs of the White House" distorts the sincere and constructive negotiation contents of the leaders of South Korea and the United States based on Bolton's prejudices and preconceptions. Unilateral disclosure of the contents of intergovernmental consultations without consultation is against the basic principles of diplomacy. Seriously undermines the mutual trust required for future negotiations.

  The report also mentioned that Bolton claimed in the recently published "Memoirs of the White House" that it was not North Korea’s top leader, Kim Jong Un, but Zheng Yirong who first proposed the holding of the Kim Conference that US President Trump had met with North Korean leaders in Panmunjom in June last year. Refused by South Korean President Wen Jae-yin and others.

  According to reports, Yin Daohan, the first secretary of Qingwatai, who was responsible for communicating with the people, held a press conference that day and stated that Zheng Yirong's above-mentioned position had been conveyed to the US on the evening of the 21st. Yonhap commented that this is the first time that Blue House made an official response to news reports related to Bolton's upcoming book.

  Bolton became the third Presidential National Security Affairs Assistant to Trump in April 2018. In September 2019, he was dismissed from Trump because of serious differences with Trump on multiple diplomatic affairs. Bolton insisted that he "fired Trump".

  Bolton's new book is scheduled for release on the 23rd. On the 17th, several mainstream American media that had obtained the sample book in advance made the "burst point" among them public. The Wall Street Journal reported that Bolton sharply described his 17-month work experience for Trump in the book, saying that Trump's decisions always put his re-election and family well-being above national interests. The New York Times said that Bolton made explosive charges against Trump's foreign policy. "That's a series of eye-popping stories." CNN described it as such.