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[아시아경제 이지은 기자] Diplomats are drawing attention on when the first normal call with President Moon Jae-in will be made after Biden takes office. Japan seems to be one step ahead of both the normal currency and the currency between the foreign minister. The timing of the call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which took place prior to the call with President Biden, is also divided.
As of the morning of the 30th, the Blue House has not yet disclosed the schedule of calls between the two leaders. Earlier, Candidate Eui-yong of Foreign Minister Eui-yong met with reporters on his way to the office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 28th and said, “As far as I know, we expect a call between the two Koreas and the United States.”
Previously, President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga made a call on the 27th (local time), and candidate Chung also observed this, raising expectations that the call will soon take place, but two days later, the call schedule has not been disclosed. In relation to the delay in the normal currency between the ROK and the United States from Japan, diplomats have also analyzed whether Korea is being pushed back to Japan in the diplomatic front of the United States.
Shinyul, a professor at the Department of Foreign Policy at Myongji University, pointed out, “It was predictable enough that Japan would speak to the United States before us. To do that, our government should have pretended to follow the United States’ Indo-Pacific Initiative.” . Professor Shin said, “The government says that there is no problem, but there is something accumulated between Korea and the United States,” and pointed out, “Isn’t Japan the main target of interest in Northeast Asia.”
Some point out that it is too much to worry about the fact that the order of currencies has been pushed back to Japan. Lee Myeon-woo, vice president of the Sejong Institute, said, “It is true that there are concerns about the solidity of the ROK-US alliance in relation to the issue of joint training in March.” .
It is not only this time that a player has been lost to Japan. US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln held a telephone conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimit Motegi shortly after the oath of office. After that, I made a phone call with Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, but it is evaluated as having been delayed in priority. Japan is one step ahead of Korea, supporting the U.S. strategy on the Korean Peninsula, which emphasizes multilateral cooperation between Korea, the U.S., Japan and China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to set up a’Policy Communication Task Force (TF)’ and hold its first meeting on the 28th to respond to policy communication issues.
The call with President Xi, which took place before President Biden, has also produced various interpretations. While there are analyzes that the current currency is a measure of Chinese checks against the United States, voices are wary of the interpretation of the US-China alternative composition. An official at the Blue House dismissed, saying, “It was a New Year’s greetings ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays and Lunar New Year holidays in Korea and China.”
Reporter Lee Ji-eun [email protected]
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