U.N. chief agrees to participate in North, South Korea peace efforts

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has accepted South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s request to participate in verifying the closure of North Korea’s main nuclear test site, and turning the demilitarized zone into a peace zone.Spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom told reporters Tuesday the South Korean president held a 30 minute phone call with the U.N. secretary general that day, during which the two agreed to work together in fulfilling the two Koreas’ Panmunjom Declaration.Moon and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un agreed last Friday to pursue a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, formally end the war and seek a peace treaty.The inter-Korean summit was the first to take place in eleven years.During his conversation with Guterres, Moon explained the vision of turning the tension-filled border into a genuine peace zone and asked for the United Nations’ participation in the process, JoongAng Ilbo reported.He also asked Guterres to push for the General Assembly or Security Council to produce a declaration that supports or upholds the Panmunjom Agreement.

 

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