Cable, Amembassy Seoul 3152 to SecState, June 15, 2000, Subject: North-South Summit: MOFAT Official Ebullient Over Summit Results So Far (Confidential)
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Continuing with the U.S. embassy's reports on the North-South summit, this redacted cable relays the very positive assessment of the meetings that the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided Ambassador Bosworth. Vice Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon hailed the results, pointing to the joint su
Source: Cable, Amembassy Seoul 3152 to SecState, June 15, 2000, Subject: North-South Summit: MOFAT Official Ebullient Over Summit Results So Far (Confidential) Date: Jun 15, 2000 Collection: Engaging North Korea II: Evidence from the Clinton Administration Dec 8, 2017
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CLASSIFIED BY THE AMBASSADOR. REASONS: 1.5 (B), (D).
- (C) SUMMARY: IN A JUNE 15 BRIEFING FOR THE AMBASSADOR, ROK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER BAN KI-MOON HAILED THE RESULTS OF THE NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT. IN PARTICULAR BAN CITED THE JOINT SUMMIT DECLARATION, SIGNED BY THE TWO TOP LEADERS FOLLOWING THREE HOURS OF DISCUSSION, WHICH HE CALLED AN EXCELLENT FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE COOPERATION. THE DECLARATION REAFFIRMED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1991 NORTH-SOUTH BASIC ACCORD, COMMITTED NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-IL TO VISIT SEOUL AT SOME POINT TO CONTINUE THE HIGH- LEVEL DIALOGUE, AND PROMISED TO ALLOW SOME SEPARATED FAMILIES AND RELATIVES TO MEET ON AUGUST 15 THIS YEAR.
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LIKE MANY OTHER SOUTH KOREANS, BAN APPEARED ELATED OVER KIM JONG-IL'S UNEXPECTEDLY CHARMING AND PERSONABLE DEMEANOR, BUT SAID THAT KOREANS WOULD NOT LET THEIR HEARTS RUN AWAY WITH THEIR HEADS. END SUMMARY.
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- (C) VICE FOREIGN MINISTER BAN KI-MOON MET WITH THE
AMBASSADOR ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 15 TO BRIEF ON THE
RESULTS SO FAR OF THE UNPRECEDENTED NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT IN
PYONGYANG. BAN SAID THAT HE WOULD ALSO BE BRIEFING THE
JAPANESE, CHINESE AND RUSSIAN ENVOYS TO SEOUL ON THE
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THE HUMAN FACE OF KIM JONG-IL
- (C) VFM BAN AND NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR GENERAL SONG MIN-SOON, WHO ALSO TOOK PART IN THE BRIEFING, WERE CLEARLY IN VERY HIGH SPIRITS OVER THE SUMMIT, NOT ONLY FOR ITS SUBSTANTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS -- PARTICULARLY THE TWO LEADERS' SIGNING OF THE FOUR-POINT JOINT STATEMENT -- BUT ALSO FOR THE UNEXPECTEDLY AFFABLE PERSONALITY DISPLAYED BY NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-IL.
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- (C) THE ROKG DEEPLY APPRECIATED PRESIDENT CLINTON'S STRONG STATEMENT OF SUPPORT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUMMIT, VFM BAN SAID.
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THE JOINT DECLARATION, WHICH HAD BEEN SIGNED AT AROUND 11:30 P.M. ON JUNE 14, AFTER A ROK-HOSTED BANQUET WHICH ITSELF FOLLOWED OVER THREE HOURS OF TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS. IN SUMMARY, THE DECLARATION DECLARED THE TWO SIDES' INTENTION TO RESOLVE THE REUNIFICATION ISSUE AMONG THEMSELVES; SEEK COMMON GROUND ON THEIR REUNIFICATION PROPOSALS; RESOLVE THE SEPARATED FAMILIES AND LONG-TERM PRISONER ISSUES; PURSUE COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC AND OTHER SECTORS; AND HOLD FURTHER HIGH-LEVEL TALKS, INCLUDING A FUTURE VISIT BY KIM JONG-IL TO SEOUL. (NOTE: FULL TEXT OF DECLARATION IN PARA. 12.)
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- (C) ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SUMMIT WAS THE AGREEMENT TO ALLOW AN EXCHANGE OF VISITS AMONG SEPARATED FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES ON AUGUST 15, THE ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION FROM JAPANESE COLONIAL RULE, ACCORDING TO VFM BAN.
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- (U) UNOFFICIAL ROKG TRANSLATION OF SOUTH-NORTH JOINT DECLARATION FOLLOWS:
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PAGE 04 SEOUL 03152 03 OF 04 150811Z IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOBLE WILL OF THE ENTIRE PEOPLE YEARNING FOR THE PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF THE NATION, PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KIM JONG-IL OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA HELD A HISTORIC MEETING AND SUMMIT TALKS IN PYONGYANG FROM JUNE 13 TO JUNE 15, 2000.
THE LEADERS OF THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH, EVALUATING THAT THE MEETING AND THE SUMMIT TALKS WERE OF IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANCE IN PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, DEVELOPING SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS AND REALIZING PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION, DECLARED AS FOLLOWS:
- THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH HAVE AGREED TO RESOLVE THE QUESTION OF REUNIFICATION INDEPENDENTLY AND THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE.
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FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF REUNIFICATION, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THERE IS A COMMON ELEMENT IN THE SOUTH'S PROPOSAL FOR A CONFEDERATION AND THE NORTH'S PROPOSAL FOR A LOOSE FORM OF FEDERATION. THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH AGREED TO PROMOTE REUNIFICATION THROUGH THESE FRAMEWORKS.
THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH HAVE AGREED TO PROMPTLY RESOLVE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES SUCH AS EXCHANGE VISITS BY SEPARATED FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES ON THE OCCASION OF THE AUG. 15 NATIONAL LIBERATION DAY AND THE QUESTION OF UNSWERVING COMMUNISTS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES IN THE SOUTH.
THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH HAVE AGREED TO CONSOLIDATE MUTUAL TRUST BY PROMOTING BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY THROUGH ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND STIMULATING COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES IN ALL FIELDS INCLUDING THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTS, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL.
THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH HAVE AGREED TO HOLD DIALOGUES BETWEEN RELEVANT AUTHORITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE AGREEMENTS EXPEDITIOUSLY.
PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG CORDIALLY INVITED NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KIM JONG-IL TO VISIT SEOUL, AND CHAIRMAN KIM JONG-IL WILL VISIT SEOUL AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
JUNE 15, 2000
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KIM DAE-JUNG PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
KIM JONG-IL CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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