The U.N. chief hailed the Korean War armistice as the “foundation” of peace on the Korean Peninsula on the 70th anniversary of its signing Thursday, while calling for a return to negotiations on North Korea’s denuclearization.
“We need a surge in diplomacy for peace,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement to mark the anniversary, calling the 1953 agreement the “legal foundation for the preservation of peace and stability on the Peninsula.”
The U.N. chief hailed the Korean War armistice as the “foundation” of peace on the Korean Peninsula on the 70th anniversary of its signing Thursday, while calling for a return to negotiations on North Korea’s denuclearization.
“We need a surge in diplomacy for peace,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement to mark the anniversary, calling the 1953 agreement the “legal foundation for the preservation of peace and stability on the Peninsula.”
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