US Antipathy to Inter-Korean Rapprochement and Russia’s Role in Conflict Prevention
Thanks to the “New Year’s” initiatives of Kim Jong-un – to which South Korean Moon Jae-in responded for his own reasons – significant progress was made in the inter-Korean dialogue at the highest level ...
... cooperation between Russia, China, and the United States in Northeast Asia, as well as the analysis of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea. The participants of the conference noted the convergence of positions between Moscow and Seoul on DPRK nuclear ... ... Mun Zhe Ying's new administration took office and pointed out that there is no alternative to the diplomatic resolution of the Korean crisis. At the same time, experts agreed that resolving the Korean issue is a long process that can not be implemented ...
... used it as a “vent” to reduce pressure in the “Korean cauldron” by eroding the united front of its enemies. China and Russia eagerly supported these initiatives, and South Korea is on now on Pyongyang’s side as well, as it is extremely interested ... ... holding a third successive summit in North Korea is fraught with political costs for the South Korean leader.
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. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Moscow: Nauka, 1985, pp. 260–262; ...
... Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Academician; Pavel Zolotaryov, Major-General, Deputy Director at RAS Institute of USA and Canada; and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held a briefing for the staff of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Moscow on Russia-U.S. relations and their impact on political, military, and strategic situation in the Northeast Asia region.
On November 22 Alexander Dynkin, RIAC member, President of RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Academician; ...