On Wednesday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a rare special mass for Korean peace at Saint Peter’s Basilica, presided over by Cardinal State Secretary Pietro Parolin.
President Moon, stood on the podium there and summoned to call for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula and ask the Vatican to continue praying for it, during a special "Mass for Peace," as the first Korean leader to give an address at the event.
Meanwhile, during his stay in Rome, the South Korean leader inked three new agreements with Italy on cooperation in defense, air services and trade.
When President Moon urged the Italian leaders to support his country's efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, the Italian Prime Minister expressed his full support for President Moon's diplomatic initiatives on North Korea, adding that denuclearization must be done in a verifiable and irreversible manner.
President Moon is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis today.
Moving on, the UN Security Council has designated three vessels for allegedly engaging in illegal oil transfers with North Korea.
According to a press release from the UN's sanctions committee, one North Korea-flagged and two Panama-flagged ships have been sanctioned based on resolutions that prohibit ship-to-ship transfers of oil with the regime.
The ships are believed to have violated the resolutions in May and June this year.
The vessels are subject to de-flagging, and will be banned from entering the ports of UN member nations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep concern and disappointment over Japanese lawmakers for visiting the controversial Yasukuni shrine on Thursday.
The Yasukuni shrine honors Japan's war dead, including many Class-A war criminals.
Foreign ministry strongly urged Japan to demonstrate humble reflection based on correct historical awareness and to contribute to future-oriented Korea-Japan relation.
A group of Japanese lawmakers sent offerings and paid respect at the shrine on Thursday morning. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also sent offering to the shrine a day earlier.
Source: Arirang News
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