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Seoul & Washington ‘to push for diplomacy’ with Pyongyang as they mark 70th anniversary of Korean War start Seoul & Washington ‘to push for diplomacy’ with Pyongyang as they mark 70th anniversary of Korean War start
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South Korea and the United States have urged Pyongyang to implement the disarmament pledges it made in past talks. South Korea and the United States have urged Pyongyang to implement the disarmament pledges it made in previous negotiations.
The  allies said on Thursday they will keep pushing for diplomacy aimed at achieving North Korea’s complete denuclearization, AP reports. In a statement on Thursday marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the allies said they “remain firmly committed” to “supporting ongoing diplomatic efforts for the complete denuclearization” of North Korea.
A joint statement, issued by South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and US Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, comes a day after Pyongyang announced it would suspend steps that would have nullified 2018 tension-reduction deals and further raised animosities on the Korean Peninsula. The joint statement, issued by South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, comes a day after Pyongyang announced it would suspend steps that would have nullified deals struck in 2018, raising fears of a new escalation on the Korean Peninsula.
After the Singapore summit in June 2018 with US President Donald Trump North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the joint statement that his country “commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” without specifying how and when disarmament steps would take place. After the Singapore summit in June 2018 with US President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged that his country would commit to “work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.” However, the agreement did not specify how and when disarmament steps would take place.