Now, south korean president moon remarks at the 74th United Nations General Assembly in new york city. President moon focused on south koreas relationship with the peninsula neighbor, north korea, saying he wanted greater crossborder economic engagement. [speaking in foreign language] translator thanks to the dedication of the United States nations many problems have been solved in your effort toward peace and theyre coming to fruition. I like to convey my deepest respects and appreciation. Many let me offer my congratulations to the ambassador for assuming the presidency of the General Assembly. Im confident that under his outstanding leadership you and you will become a catalyst for promoting multilateral cooperations. The un and the Korean Peninsula have the same goals of sustaining peace and id like to pay tribute to the endeavors of secretary to sustain peace throughout virtual cycle of peace and development. Distinguished president of the secretarygeneral and representative from
Of war and democracy. It is great to see you all here, and to have our friends at cspan sharing this wonderful content with their feelings. To their viewers. To those watching on our livestream at home, welcome. I would like to take a moment to recognize some individuals. First off, to we have any world war ii veterans or home front workers in our crowd tonight . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [applause] and do we have many members of our board of trustee . Thank you all for your service. Summer, we here at museum have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii, the biggest of which was june 6 for dday, invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month , on july 20, the assassination in the bunker. Er landings, the dragoon in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, w as liberated after
Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london, and 8 00pm in washington, where the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says that afghan peace talks are on hold. Earlier, President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david had been cancelled. The taliban has condemned the decision and warned that america has the most to lose. It is a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try and end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. 0ur chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on twitter. There is not a day without violence. Taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood last week, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in
Many let me offer my congratulations to the ambassador for assuming the presidency of the General Assembly. Im confident that under his outstanding leadership you and you will become a catalyst for promoting multilateral cooperations. The u. N. And the Korean Peninsula have the same goals of sustaining peace. Id like to pay tribute to the endeavors of the secretarygeneral to sustain peace throughout virtual cycle of peace and development. Distinguished president , secretarygeneral and representative from member states, the commitment of the u. N. To appease all people will certainly bear fruit. The world is joining forces to help each other in disaster and emergency relief cooperation as well as in peacekeeping efforts. The u. N. Must continue to play a central role in fostering cooperation within the International Community. The republic of korea is a country that has benefited immensely from the u. N. It was liberated from colonial rule in the year of u. N. Inception. It was able to
North korean olympic delegation to come to south korea. It was transformed into a peace olympics serving as an invaluable opportunity to raise dialogue between the two koreas. Talks led to dialogue between the u. S. And north korea, decisions made by President Trump and chairman kim provided the momentum behind a dramatic change. In the situation on the Korean Peninsula, some paired to the past in which it took only a few rounds of gunfire to instigate Major Political unrest, the Korean Peninsula had undergone a change. The peninsula still remains accessible. The two koreas and the u. S. Are setting their sights not only on denuclearization and peace but also in Economic Cooperation. The republic of korea intends to create a peace economy where by peace can lead to Economic Cooperation which will reinforce working cycles. It presents a fine model for us to emulate. Peace on the Korean Peninsula remains an ongoing challenge and peace on the peninsula in the whole world are linked to eac