McAleese voices hopes for nuclear crisis solution
Visiting Irish president Prof Mary McAleese backed a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear crisis during a meeting with South Korean leader Roh Moo-hyun, his office said today.
Prof McAleese also expressed hope for the creation of a co-operative structure among Asia-Pacific nations similar to the European Union, President Roh’s office said in a statement.
She arrived in Seoul on Monday for a five-day visit – the first by an Irish president to South Korea since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1983.
International efforts are under way to bring North Korea back to negotiations aimed at persuading it to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
Six-nation disarmament talks – which involve the two Koreas, US, China, Japan and Russia – have been stalled since June.
