President Moon Jae-in said today (1st), "Our government is always ready to sit face to face with the Japanese government to have a conversation."
President Moon attended the March 1st celebration of the 102nd anniversary held at Tapgol Park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and made this statement through a commemorative address. Revealed.
The Japanese government's response is noteworthy as it once again threw a message of appeasement at Japan amidst the issue of the Japanese military's comfort women victims and the ruling of compensation for compulsory conscripts from Japan.
President Moon said, "There was an unfortunate history between Japan and us, and we cannot forget the history. The perpetrator can forget it, but the victim cannot forget it," he said. "But now, 100 years later, both countries have become very important neighbors to each other." I evaluated it.
President Moon stressed, "We need to learn lessons by facing the past history, but we cannot be held back in the past. We must focus more on future-oriented development while solving the problems of the past."
President Moon said, "The bilateral cooperation will help stabilize Northeast Asia and the trilateral cooperation between Korea, the United States, and Japan." In addition, he emphasized that there was no time when cooperation between neighboring countries was as important as it is now when we need to prepare for the post-corona era together. "I want to."
Meanwhile, President Moon, referring to the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July, promised cooperation for a successful hosting, saying, "It could be an opportunity for dialogue between Korea and Japan, between North and South, between North Korea and Japan, and between North Korea and North America."
In addition, President Moon introduced that in December last year he launched a Northeast Asian quarantine and health cooperation body with the United States, China, Russia, and Mongolia, and said, "Japan is considering participation, and we look forward to the participation of North Korea as well."
It is a plan to use the Northeast Asian quarantine and health cooperation body as a clue to the progress of inter-Korean relations.
President Moon predicted, "Starting with participation in the Northeast Asian quarantine and health cooperation organization, we hope that North Korea will cooperate and exchange with the countries in the region. This will be a force to open the waters of win-win and peace in the Korean Peninsula and East Asia."
Furthermore, he said, "We will continue to strive for denuclearization and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. We will continue to develop inter-Korean relations based on the three principles of non-warfare, mutual security, and common prosperity."
Along with this, President Moon said, "The fight against the corona is now coming to an end," he said. "We will do our best to vaccination, and the people should be wary of fake news that promotes distrust of vaccines and actively cooperate in vaccination." I did.