4/25/2018

*SOUTH KOREA MOON FOR PEACE TREATY*

After two years of negotiations, a ceasefire agreement was reached in July 1953. The 
Korean border remained near its prewar location along the 38th parallel, with a
 demilitarized zone (DMZ) formally separating North and South.

A peace treaty to formally end the Korean War ''must be pursued'', South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday-

Ahead of the summit next week with Kim Jong Un, leader of the nuclear-armed North.

The armistice that has dragged on for 65 years must come to an end,'' Moon told media company representatives at the presidential Blue House adding:

''The signing of peace treaty must be pursued after an end to the war is declared.''

The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the two sides technically at war, and the Demilitarized Zone between them - where Moon and Kim will meet next Friday - bristles with minefields and fortifications.

But Moon signalled that a treaty would depend on the North giving up its Nuclear weapons.

''If the inter-Korean summit or North Korea- US summit lead to denuclearization,'' he said, -

''I think that it won't be too difficult to reach practical agreements in the big picture on creating a peace regime, normalising North Korea US ties or providing international aid for the improvement of the North Korean economy.''

Moon spoke after the US President Donald Trump warned that his own much-anticipated summit with Kim would be called off if he did not think it would be ''fruitful''. [Agencies]

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