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U.S. Supports South Korea's Policy on North Korea
The United States supports South Korea's view that inter-Korean dialogue should take place before the resumption of talks between Washington and Pyongyang or the stalled six-party denuclearization talks, a senior Washington official said on June 10.
"We believe that the essential approach that South Korea has laid out is the right one. We would like to see a resumption of talks and dialogue, but we also believe that the South Korean approach will bear fruit," Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told reporters.
Campbell arrived in Seoul earlier in the day on the final leg of his Asia tour that also took him to China, Mongolia and Indonesia. He met with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jae-shin for discussions on a range of issues, including their joint strategy toward North Korea, the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement and their joint probe into allegations that the U.S. military buried the toxic defoliant Agent Orange at one of its former bases in South Korea.
In the meeting between Campbell and Deputy Foreign Minister Kim, the sides agreed on a June 24 visit to Washington by the foreign minister at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the officials said in their joint meeting with reporters.
"He graciously accepted and he will be coming ... for intense consultations in terms of the next steps with respect to our joint strategy on North Korea and other matters in Northeast Asia, including the ASEAN regional forum and upcoming East Asia summit," Campbell said.
Speaking of his trip to Beijing earlier in the week, Campbell said China was also in support of South Korea's policy toward North Korea, despite Pyongyang's recent threats to cut off all relations with Seoul.
"We have many areas that are common between the United States and China, and South Korea and China, but also a few areas of difference. But I think we all agreed that there has to be improvement between the North and the South, and I think China wants to take efforts to help support that process," he said. "In all of our meetings, we urged China to make best efforts to encourage North Korea to improve relations with South Korea."
"We believe that the essential approach that South Korea has laid out is the right one. We would like to see a resumption of talks and dialogue, but we also believe that the South Korean approach will bear fruit," Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told reporters.
Campbell arrived in Seoul earlier in the day on the final leg of his Asia tour that also took him to China, Mongolia and Indonesia. He met with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jae-shin for discussions on a range of issues, including their joint strategy toward North Korea, the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement and their joint probe into allegations that the U.S. military buried the toxic defoliant Agent Orange at one of its former bases in South Korea.
In the meeting between Campbell and Deputy Foreign Minister Kim, the sides agreed on a June 24 visit to Washington by the foreign minister at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the officials said in their joint meeting with reporters.
"He graciously accepted and he will be coming ... for intense consultations in terms of the next steps with respect to our joint strategy on North Korea and other matters in Northeast Asia, including the ASEAN regional forum and upcoming East Asia summit," Campbell said.
Speaking of his trip to Beijing earlier in the week, Campbell said China was also in support of South Korea's policy toward North Korea, despite Pyongyang's recent threats to cut off all relations with Seoul.
"We have many areas that are common between the United States and China, and South Korea and China, but also a few areas of difference. But I think we all agreed that there has to be improvement between the North and the South, and I think China wants to take efforts to help support that process," he said. "In all of our meetings, we urged China to make best efforts to encourage North Korea to improve relations with South Korea."
