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North Korea touches on Hong Kong, South China Sea issues at last week's ARF session

[서울=아시아뉴스통신] 레악카나기자 송고시간 2020-09-16 02:40

Photo taken Sept. 12, 2020 in Hanoi shows an online meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum. (Photo by: VNA/Kyodo)

[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] North Korea talked about regional issues, such as Hong Kong and the South China Sea, during last week's annual multilateral security forum, a source said Tuesday, in contrast to their past remarks focusing on their own security issues.

Pyongyang didn't send its top diplomat to the foreign ministerial session of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which was held via video links on Saturday. An Kwang-il, its top envoy in Indonesia, attended it instead. Speaking on the controversy over Beijing's overall policy on its semi-autonomous territory of Hong Kong, An was said to have described the issue as a domestic affair of China's, in line with Pyongyang's position against outside forces' intervention in a country's internal matters.

Regarding the long-standing maritime disputes in the South China Sea, An was said to have called for a peaceful resolution through dialogue. In the past, the North used the ARF forum to defend its push for nuclear deterrence or highlight the security conditions on the Korean Peninsula as well as what it calls America's hostile policy against its regime.The ARF is a rare Asia-Pacific security meeting involving the North. At the session, An also explained Pyongyang's fight against the new coronavirus, stating its response to the virus through the leadership of leader Kim Jong-un and claims to have no COVID-19 case.



 

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