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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called Wednesday to replace the armistice on the Korean Peninsula with a permanent peace regime, while urging renewed dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea.
Speaking at a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Peaceful Unification, Lee said a cooperative peace framework was needed to prevent renewed tensions on the peninsula, according to Yonhap News Agency.
He called for “replacing the armistice with a permanent peace regime.”
Lee said South Korea should help create conditions for Washington and Pyongyang to rebuild trust and restart talks.
“We must be the ones to create an environment for constructive discussions on building trust and resuming dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea,” he said.
Lee said Seoul wants to work toward reviving U.S.-North Korea dialogue as part of broader efforts to secure peace on the peninsula.
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea.
The conflict ended with an armistice agreement on July 27, 1953.
Because no peace treaty was signed, the two Koreas have technically remained at war for 73 years.
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