国际英语资讯:South Korean president proposes turning DMZ into intl peace zone_时事

国际英语资讯:South Korean president proposes turning DMZ into intl peace zone

Approximately 380,000 anti-personnel mines are laid in the DMZ, and it is expected to take 15 years for South Korean troops to remove them on their own. However, cooperation with the international community, including with the United Nations, will not only guarantee the transparency and stability of demining operations, but also instantly turn the DMZ into an area of international cooperation, said Moon.

"If North Korea makes sincere efforts to implement denuclearization, the international community should also reciprocate. The establishment of an international peace zone will provide an institutional and realistic guarantee to North Korea's security. At the same time, South Korea will also be able to gain permanent peace."

Moon said that he and Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the DPRK, agreed on the peaceful use of the DMZ, and that on-site inspections on the current state of the DPRK's railroads were conducted after the two Koreas embarked on the reconnection of the severed railways and roads.

The groundbreaking ceremony for their reconnection and modernization has already taken place, he said.

"All of these efforts constitute a process that will help solidify the foundation for peace on the Korean Peninsula and also contribute to peace and stability in Northeast Asia," said Moon.

When the DMZ that cuts across the midriff of the Korean Peninsula is turned into a peace zone, the peninsula will evolve into a bridging nation that connects the continent and the ocean and facilitates peace and prosperity. The vision of an East Asian Railroad Community in which six Northeast Asian countries and the United States take part could also become reality, he said.