British invites Korea-India-Australia to G7 meeting… China’s 10 democratic countries,’D10′, in full swing

June held face-to-face in Cornwall “Attempt to reorganize G7 against dictatorship”
This year, the UK, the chair of the seven major G7 summits, officially invited President Moon Jae-in. While the leaders of India and Australia were also invited, there are observations that the UK is working on the’D10 (10 Democracy 10 Democracy)’ initiative to check China.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on the 16th (local time) that this year’s G7 Summit will be held face-to-face in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, a resort city in southwest England, saying, “Korea, Australia, India and the European Union (EU ) As a’guest’.” The Prime Minister’s Office explained, “The G7 (US UK France Germany Italy Canada Japan) and the leaders of 10 countries, which are invited as guests, represent 60% of the world’s people living in a democratic system.”

Regarding Prime Minister Johnson’s invitation to three countries, including South Korea, the British Daily Guardian analyzed it as “an attempt to make the G7 a D10 against China and other dictatorships.” The Guardian also said, “Prime Minister Johnson’s intention to expand the G7 is in line with the idea of ​​US President-elect Joe Biden, who wants to know that democracy is better than authoritarianism.” I have suggested.”

In May of last year, the UK launched the D10 initiative to check China in the field of 5G (5G) mobile communications. As the’spy’ controversy over Huawei’s 5G equipment grew, the idea was to join hands with G7, Korea, India, and Australia to replace it. At the time, Reuters reported that “the British government delivered the idea to Washington.” US President Donald Trump also invited South Korea, Australia, India and Russia to the G7 Summit scheduled to be held in the United States in May of last year and proposed a plan to expand it to the’G11′. Last year’s G7 summit was not held in the aftermath of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). President Moon is expected to attend considering the fact that he can expand his voice in the international community despite the diplomatic burden of Chinese opposition. In November of last year, Prime Minister Johnson spoke with President Moon that he would invite him to the G7 summit. At the time, President Moon said, “We are willing to actively cooperate and contribute with the UK to make it a successful G7 summit.” There is also a prospect that the US move to check China will accelerate ahead of the inauguration of the Biden administration. Kurt Campbell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific, appointed to the Indo-Pacific Coordinator of the White House National Security Conference (NSC), said in a Foreign Affairs article on the 12th, “The United States is a coalition that focuses on individual issues instead of forming a huge coalition that focuses on all issues. In the matters such as’trade, technology, supply chain, and standards’, Prime Minister Johnson cited’D10′, which raised the need for cooperation in response to China in the 5G field. This year’s summit is expected to be Biden’s G7 debut stage and the last G7 diplomacy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who announced his retirement in September.

Reporter Eun-taek Lee [email protected]