The presidential office said, "We have prepared a roadmap for cooperation in the political and military sectors," in relation to the 'bold initiative' mentioned in President Yoon Seok-yeol's Liberation Day congratulatory speech.
Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the National Security Office, said at a briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office on the afternoon of the 15th, "The goal of the Yun Seok-yeol administration's North Korea and unification policy is to realize a non-nuclear, peaceful and prosperous Korean Peninsula."
Although economic support measures were emphasized in the Liberation Day celebrations earlier, it means that we will also pursue measures to ease military tension, build trust, and establish peace in the political field.
In other words, the 'bold initiative' is a plan that encompasses the three major areas of economy, military and politics.
Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the Security Office, said, "If North Korea enters into denuclearization negotiations with sincerity, it is a bold proposal in that it will actively seek economic support measures from the initial negotiation process." program) was proposed.
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Based on the 'Oil for food program', in which the international community supplied food in exchange for buying Iraq's oil in the past, it is a plan to link North Korea's abundant mineral resources with the supply of food and daily necessities.
“Once a comprehensive denuclearization agreement is reached, we will establish and operate the Inter-Korean Joint Economic Development Committee to promote inter-Korean economic cooperation in earnest in response to the phased denuclearization measures that go on to freeze, report, inspect, and dismantle,” said Deputy Director Kim. It will be expanded in stages as effective and specific projects are implemented in three areas: improvement and economic development.”
In detail, ▲ in the infrastructure sector, modernization of power plants, transmission and distribution, ports, and airports ▲ improvement of agricultural productivity in the field of improving people's livelihood, modernization of the hospital medical system ▲ revitalization of trade in the field of economic development, and attraction of international investment and finance were selected.
"In the past 30 years, denuclearization measures have been attempted several times, and several agreements have been reached, but with no significant results," he said.
The Yun Seok-yeol administration has expressed its position that it is possible to gradually ease UN sanctions against North Korea.
A high-ranking official in the presidential office said, "At the Singapore summit in 2018 and the Hanoi summit in 2019, the question that the North Korean leadership was most interested in at the time was how to ease UN sanctions."
It is interpreted in the same context as the proposal of the 'Resource Food Exchange Program on the Korean Peninsula' (R-FEP).
The official said, "North Korea's mineral resources are mostly subject to UN sanctions. Four UN resolutions prohibit the export of North Korean minerals to the outside world," said the official. It can be discussed in the process.”
It seems that this part has been discussed in advance with the US side as well.
"If the denuclearization consultation process can be properly carried out, the U.S. administration is willing to open its mind to discuss the currently strictly implemented UN Security Council measures," the official said.