조명균 "내년 2~3월까지 비핵화 궤도 오르느냐가 한반도 정세 좌우할 것"<br /><br />Progress in nuclear negotiations this coming February or March will determine how things go on the Korean Peninsula for the next two years.<br />That's the analysis from South Korea's unification minister.<br />Cho Myoung-gyon said 2019 will be a critical year in view of the political goals the relevant countries want to achieve domestically by 2020.<br />If nuclear negotiations don't get fully underway by early next year, he said,... it could be hard for them to ever get going.<br />Cho added that this would naturally affect inter-Korean relations.<br />As for why February or March,... an anonymous ministry official explained that the U.S. House of Representatives -- now in the hands of the Democrats -- could restrict President Trump's North Korea policies when the new Congress is sworn in at the end of January.<br />The official added... that Pyeongyang won't turn its back on the ongoing dialogue... but it will call for reciprocal measures from Washington. <br />
