At Vatican Mass, Lee urges 'virtuous cycle' linking Korean Peninsula peace to global solidarity, renewed inter-Korean di

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• ·Speaking in Vatican City after Pyongyang’s criticism, President Lee Jae Myung highlighted steps to reduce tensions and reaffirmed his commitment to lasting peace with North Korea.
• ·VATICAN — President Lee Jae Myung stressed his efforts toward peace with North Korea during his visit to the Vatican on Sunday, revealing his hopes to help create “a virtuous cycle in which peace on the Korean Peninsula leads to global peace and international solidarity — which, in turn, strengthens peace on the peninsula." Lee gave a commemorative speech at a special Mass for peace and solidarity held at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Vatican City on Sunday morning.
• ·He emphasized the South Korean government's preemptive steps to ease tensions since he took office last year, namely by halting anti-North Korea leaflet campaigns and loudspeaker broadcasts along the border.
• ·He also reiterated that his administration does not seek unification through absorption or through a one-sided competition of systems.
• ·“We have made it clear that we do not pursue absorption-based unification or unilateral system competition,” Lee said.