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Brazilian stock traders negociate the future dollar prior to closing time, at the Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28 February 2007. Brazil's Sao Paulo Stocks Exchange (Bovespa) index has reached up 0.98 percent the day after its worst result since September 11 attacks, while its currency 'real' has been quoted at 2,11 reals per dollar, both of them as a consequence of the Chinese previous day's losses. AFP PHOTO
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President says Inter-Korean Summit Not Appropriate
at this Time
Regarding the possibility of inter-Korean summit talks, President Roh said, “I do not think it is an appropriate time to hold an inter-Korean summit,” going on to say, “Absolutely, I would seek a summit with the North’s leader, if there is a possibility that a summit coul be held now, and we have many issues to be discussed during a summit. However, I cannot urge Mr. Kim to hold it because the time is not ripe yet.” The possibility of an inter-Korean summit has been expected in diplomatic sectors after the Feb. 13 Joint Statement was agreed upon during the six-party talks.
In an interview with the Association of Korean Internet Newspapers, President Roh reconfirmed, “Timing for the summit is not ripe, and it is also hard to switch the outlined schedules fixed between the two Koreas,” after being asked “Don’t you intend to advance the timing of an inter-Korean summit?”
Roh also mentioned, “In the current situation where we don’t know whether the North will be unlocked or re-locked, holding a summit to discuss the future of the Korean peninsula can prompt the current warm situation to dive into chaos.”
Roh added, “The reason why I have taken a negative stance against the summit is not because of my reluctance, but because of its difficulty to be achieved now. It is not a matter to be easily accomplished by consecutive persuasions and assertions.” He emphasized, “A first procedure is to sequentially solve the North’s nuclear issue and to normalize the two Koreas’ relationship simultaneously. It is of utmost importance that currently urgent issues are moved away from the Korean peninsula, then the government should be in a rush for the next steps left to be dealt with.”
Despite the announcement that the Seoul delegation to Pyongyang will only focus on normalizing relations first, many analysts are carefully eyeing Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung’s role at the inter-Korean ministerial-level talks currently being held in Pyongyang.
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 / 입력시간: 2007. 03.01. 08:22
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