Yonhap News Agency said on November 30 that Xu Xuan, director of South Korea's National Security Office, will visit China on December 2 for a period of two days.
Yonhap News Agency said that the visit is not unrelated to the "Declaration on the End of the War" attached great importance to by the South Korean presidential office, the Blue House, and the South Korean government. Xu Xuan previously clarified the ROK's position on the issue of the war declaration on the issue of the war declaration during his visit to the United States in October to meet with White House National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan, and the two sides decided to hold close consultations on this issue. Yonhap News Agency quoted US media reports as saying that the consultations between the United States and South Korea on the draft text of the "Declaration" are already in the final stage, but there are differences in the expression of denuclearization.
Lee Tae-sung, vice minister of the DPRK's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, previously said at the end of September that even if the end of the war is declared, as long as the biggest obstacle to the end of the war, the US hostile policy toward the DPRK, still exists, and the declaration of the end of the war is just an illusion. "It turns out that now is not the time to declare the end of the war."
Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming said in an interview with South Korean media on November 22 that China is open to the "declaration of the end of the war." China is an important party in Peninsula affairs and a party to the Korean Armistice Agreement, and relevant parties should maintain communication and consultation with China on matters such as promoting peace talks on the Peninsula and issuing a declaration on the end of the war.
Xu Xuan. (Pictured from Korean media)
It is reported that Xu Xuan will brief the Chinese side on the progress made in the agenda of the "Declaration on the End of the War" and call on the Chinese side to "guide the DPRK to sit at the negotiating table." The Blue House and the government hope to use next year's Beijing Winter Olympics to advance the "peace process", and Xu Xuan may exchange views with the Chinese side during this trip. At the same time, the matter of whether South Korean President Moon Jae-in will take advantage of the Olympic East Wind to visit China will also be discussed.
Yonhap News Agency said that the two sides may also exchange views on President Xi Jinping's visit to South Korea and supply chain issues during the talks.