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STORY: UN / DPRK
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: CHINESE / ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
27 SEPTEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
2. Med shot, Pompeo speaking to Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan
3. Wide shot, Pompeo speaking to Foreign Minister of Sweden
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, United States:
“President Trump has made abundantly clear that if Chairman Kim follows through on his commitments, a much brighter future lies ahead for North Korea and its people, and the United States will be at the forefront of facilitating that bright future. we want to see that time come as quickly as possible. But the path to peace and a brighter future is only through diplomacy and only denuclearization. That means any other path North Korea may choose will inevitably lead to ever-increasing isolation and pressure.”
6. Wide shot, Foreign Ministers
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, China:
“China firmly believes that pressure is not the end. Both implementing sanctions and promoting a political settlement are equally important under Security Council resolutions. They must be advanced in parallel, not in a partial or selective way.”
8. Wide shot, Foreign Ministers
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation:
“It is unacceptable for sanctions against the DPRK to become an instrument of collective punishment. Lack of trust between Washington and Pyeongyang hinders the development of joint measures which the parties could use at the same time to move the process of resolving outstanding differences forward. We should think about a system of international guarantees which could play a decisive role in resolving the problem of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
10. Med shot, Pompeo listening to Lavrov
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kang Kyung-wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea:
“Our path to complete denuclearization and the establishment of a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula might prove likewise - uneasy periods of uncertainty and weariness interspersed by moments of a step change in progress and clear visibility toward our goal. But in the longer scheme of things, comparing where we were a year ago and where we are today, the situation has definitively become more clear and visibility has been greatly enhanced.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea’s path to a “brighter future” could only be achieved through diplomacy and denuclearization, adding that any other path “will inevitably lead to ever-increasing isolation and pressure.”
Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the issue, Pompeo said President Trump has made “abundantly clear that if Chairman Kim follows through on his commitments, a much brighter future lies ahead for North Korea (DPRK) and its people, and the United States will be at the forefront of facilitating that bright future.” He said the US wants to see that time come “as quickly as possible.” However, he said until the final denuclearization of the DPRK is achieved and fully verified, sanctions must continue to be fully implemented.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country applauds the political decisiveness of the two Korean leaders in advancing reconciliation. He said China is committed to peace on the Korean Peninsula and resolving issues through dialogue.
Building on the positive developments, Yi called for an end of war statement by the US and DPRK which would help build trust and put in place the conditions needed for a final peace accord. He said China “firmly believes that pressure is not the end; both implementing sanctions and promoting a political settlement are equally important under Security Council resolutions; they must be advanced in parallel, not in a partial or selective way.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said it was “unacceptable for sanctions against the DPRK to become an instrument of collective punishment.” He said the “lack of trust between Washington and Pyeongyang” hinders the development of joint measures which the parties could use at the same time to move the process of resolving outstanding differences forward. He called for a “system of international guarantees which could play a decisive role in resolving the problem of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
Lavrov said it seemed inappropriate for Western powers to seek tightened sanctions against the DPRK given the recent progress made.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said the progress made on the Korean Peninsula was unimaginable just a year ago. She said her country was committed to continuing to work with the international community to ensure that the Council s sanctions are implemented, while continuing to engage North Korea to facilitate substantial progress towards complete denuclearization.
Kyung-wha said the microclimate of Mount Baekdu makes the weather very unpredictable – sunny and clear one moment but foggy and drizzly the next, but when the two Korean leaders stood on the mountain the weather was sunny and clear. She said, “Our path to complete denuclearization and the establishment of a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula might prove likewise - uneasy periods of uncertainty and weariness interspersed by moments of a step change in progress and clear visibility toward our goal; but in the longer scheme of things, comparing where we were a year ago and where we are today, the situation has definitively become more clear and visibility has been greatly enhanced.”
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