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implementation of CMA will greatly contribute to the ROK government’s efforts to
establish lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Arms Control In the Panmunjom Declaration, the ROK and North Korea
agreed to a disarmament in stages as military tensions are
eased and effective measures for building military conf dence are enforced. This was
a reaffirmation by the leaders of the two Koreas of the resolve to implement the
agreed measures related to existing inter-Korean military confidence building that
are included in the July 4th North-South Korea Joint Statement, the Agreement on
Reconciliation, Nonaggression and Exchanges and Cooperation, the June 15th
North-South Joint Declaration, and the 2007 North-South Summit Declaration.
In order to thoroughly implement the Panmunjom Declaration in from a military
perspective, the military authorities of the two Koreas adopted the CMA and
reached an agreement to enforce various measures for mutual confidence building.
Therefore, both parties agreed to actively promote measures to prevent accidental
clashes and build military conf dence, creating a new momentum for easing tensions
on the Korean Peninsula.
The MND continues to make efforts for arms control so as to create conditions
4)
Stabilization of the arms for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and establish a lasting
race between two potential peace regime and enhance military stability on the Korean Peninsula. First, while
enemy states; in other
words, all efforts toward continuing consultations with North Korea to ensure an early launch of the Inter-
increasing security by
eliminating or minimizing Korean Joint Military Committee, which was agreed upon by both parties to
the risks and burdens of
war through operational discuss various military issues, the MND is seeking to enforce realizable measures
and structural arms control
(military forces, weapons) to implement effective arms control considering the changes in the security
of military force and
imposition of sanctions environment and progress in the measures for building military conf dence between
against any violation of the
agreed-upon terms. the two Koreas. In addition, the MND is striving to steadfastly promote measures to
5) prevent accidental clashes and build military conf dence by genuinely transforming
Operational arms control
reduces and prevents the the DMZ into a peace zone, turning the area of the NLL in the West Sea into a
risk of surprise attacks and
war by constraining the maritime peace zone, building a consultative regime available at all times for the
operations and deployment
of military forces without military authorities of the two Koreas, and installing hotlines. Based on the progress
changing the structure or on easing military tensions and building confidence as a result of a favorable
scale of military forces.
response from North Korea, the MND will promote operational arms control by
5)
6)
Any measures adopted to stages such as limiting and controlling major military activities and limiting and
maintain the stability and
balance of the military by adjusting the deployment of military forces. Furthermore, based on the progress
structurally constraining
or reducing military forces made on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and establishment of a peace
and weapons systems as
6)
practical elements of forces regime, the MND will gradually promote structural arms control in stages to
including their scale and
organization. substantially guarantee peace.

2020 Defense White Paper