INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS AFTER THE SUMMIT MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS: A RUSSIAN VIEW
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Two years’ period elapsed after the inter-Korean summit and signing of the Joint Declaration has confirmed that Korean settlement in the foreseeable future, too, will remain rather complex and inconsistent process which, apparently, will take rather long period of time. The positive tendencies which have appeared during this period have not yet got irreversible character. Moscow’s position concerning the inter-Korean rapprochement and its possible results is determined by national interests of Russia which, certainly, will benefit from liquidation of the hotspot right next to her Far Eastern region and from founding in the long term an unified Korea, capable to maintain relations of friendship, good neighbourhood and cooperation with Russia. At the same time there is no doubts, that Russia’s priority task concerning realization of any unification scenarios remains maintenance of peace and stability on peninsula. The DPRK’s unification formula which call for creation of a neutral nonaligned state on the peninsula looks, from the point of view of Russia’s security interests, more attractive, rather than South Korean commitment to the American military presence even after unification of Korea. After the inter-Korean summit Russia has shown with practical deeds that it is ready in every possible way to promote confidence, principles of peaceful co-existence, stable and all-round cooperation between the ROK and the DPRK on the basis of the Joint declaration and other inter- Korean agreements, and regularly, persistently works with all interested parties so that they act in the same way.
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Two years’ period elapsed after the inter-Korean summit and signing of the Joint Declaration has confirmed that Korean settlement in the foreseeable future, too, will remain rather complex and inconsistent process which, apparently, will take rather long period of time. The positive tendencies which have appeared during this period have not yet got irreversible character. Moscow’s position concerning the inter-Korean rapprochement and its possible results is determined by national interests of Russia which, certainly, will benefit from liquidation of the hotspot right next to her Far Eastern region and from founding in the long term an unified Korea, capable to maintain relations of friendship, good neighbourhood and cooperation with Russia. At the same time there is no doubts, that Russia’s priority task concerning realization of any unification scenarios remains maintenance of peace and stability on peninsula. The DPRK’s unification formula which call for creation of a neutral nonaligned state on the peninsula looks, from the point of view of Russia’s security interests, more attractive, rather than South Korean commitment to the American military presence even after unification of Korea. After the inter-Korean summit Russia has shown with practical deeds that it is ready in every possible way to promote confidence, principles of peaceful co-existence, stable and all-round cooperation between the ROK and the DPRK on the basis of the Joint declaration and other inter- Korean agreements, and regularly, persistently works with all interested parties so that they act in the same way.