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| Unification Minister nominee Lee In-young, a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party, speaks to reporters after arriving at the Office of Inter-Korean Dialogue in Seoul on July 6, 2020, to prepare for his parliamentary confirmation. (Photo by=Yonhap) |
[아시아뉴스통신=레악카나 기자] Dialogue with North Korea must continue under any circumstances, South Korea's unification minister nominee said Monday, two days after Pyongyang rejected the possibility of another summit with the United States.
Lee In-young, a four-term ruling party lawmaker, also vowed to seek a "creative solution" to achieve peace with the North, as he spoke to reporters upon arriving at the ministry's inter-Korean dialogue office for work for the first time since Friday's nomination. Lee also called on the North to refrain from any acts causing military tensions."It is desirable that dialogue between the South and the North, and between the North and the U.S. continue without stopping under any circumstances," Lee said.
The remark came after North Korea said Saturday that it feels no need to meet with the United States for talks, accusing Washington of taking advantage of dialogue between the two countries as "a tool for grappling its political crisis." Lee called for a "creative solution" to the stalemated inter-Korean relations, in particular, saying that sanctions should not be pursued for the sake of sanctions but for realizing their ultimate goal of building peace on the Korean Peninsula.
