Vice FM highlights S. Korea's role in safeguarding peace on Korean Peninsula on UN Day
Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina delivers a speech during an event marking U.N. Day in Busan, Friday. Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
South Korea will continue efforts to safeguard and promote peace on the Korean Peninsula through its peace initiative toward North Korea, stressing that doing so is its responsibility to the international community, a senior Seoul diplomat said Friday.
Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina made the remarks during an event marking U.N. Day, saying the government will work to realize the peace "dreamed of by the veterans" who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War.
"Safeguarding peace on the Korean Peninsula is South Korea's responsibility to the international community," Kim said in her speech at the ceremony held at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Korea, in the southeastern city of Busan.
"The Korean government will realize the peace dreamed of by the U.N. veterans and continue its journey toward global peace together with the U.N. through our 'END' initiative," she said.
In his address to the United Nations at the General Assembly in New York last month, President Lee Jae Myung unveiled the initiative as a peace road map for the Korean Peninsula that calls for resuming exchanges (E), normalizing ties with North Korea (N) and denuclearizing the reclusive state (D).
Kim also paid tribute to the Korean War veterans for their noble sacrifices.
U.N. Day commemorates the entry into force of the U.N. Charter in 1945, marking its official establishment. This year's event runs for two days till Friday.