[imText1]Leader of Uri Party Kim Geun Tae met with Edwin Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation a conservative research institute based in the U.S. on the 12th and stated that a truce declaration must be made at a 3 party high level talks with South Korea, the U.S. and North Korea.
Minister Kim revealed his remarks to President Feulner at a party meeting “President Bush said at the Korea-U.S. high level talks in Hanoi, Vietnam that a truce declaration can be made with Dictator Kim Jong Il” and that “the 3 parties, President Roh Moo Hyun, Dictator Kim Jong Il and President Bush must meet and devise a plan for a mutual truce declaration.”
He added “It is important that the Heritage Foundation positively investigates a plan to change the hostile situation into peace through the six party talks and another 3 party talks.”
Minister Kim said “If President Bush makes such a decision, the U.S. will be placing an enormous burden on South Korea and U.S. influence over the Korean Peninsula will increase” and “It would be good if the U.S. could reappraise their strategy on the Korean Peninsula and East Asia.”
Regarding this, President Feulner replied “The truce declaration issue can be discussed in the framework of the 6 Party Talks” and “It would be fitting to discuss this issue after it has been brought out into the open.”
Moreover, Minister Kim suggested “It would be beneficial for the president of The Heritage Foundation to opt in visiting Gaesung Industrial Complex as it drafts the U.S. republican policy” and regarding the U.S. approach to the Korea-U.S. FTA urged the need for a change its position on South Korea’s claim to the amendments to the statues of the trade agreement.
