President Meets with Perry on NK Policy

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President Meets with Perry on NK Policy

President Kim Dae Jung on March 9 met with William Perry, the former U.S. secretary of defense, who is currently serving as a special envoy on North Korean policy.
Kim provided Perry with details on the engagement policy towards North Korea, which the government has been consistantly executing.
President Kim was well aware that it would be the very last opportunity to highlite his NK policy before the influential 'Perry Report' is completed, so he issued a joint communique that emphasizes the need for a continual appeasement policy towards North Korea.
Kim accented that it is of the utmost importance to reduce the chance of war on the Korean Peninsula at all costs. Regardless of North Korean action, peace should be maintained, and this also will serve America's interest as well.
He added, 'If the U.S. maintains an aggressive attitude towards the North, it could cause NK provocation which eventually will not only threaten peace on the peninsula but jeopardize the revival of the South Korean economy.'
The U.S. requested that the details of Perry's meeting be kept secret since some of his confidential statements were leaked to the press the last time he visited Korea in December 1998.
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