Xi Jinping speaks with President Wen before Biden… “Meaning not to join the Chinese pressure on the United States”

-President Moon Jae-in, who was coordinating the normal currency with US President Joe Biden, who was recently inaugurated, spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 26th. The Blue House said, “This year and next year’s’Korea-China Cultural Exchange Year’ “We have been promoting calls between the leaders.” However, the Biden administration has announced that it will approach China in a’strategic patience’ method, a policy of pressure on North Korea under the Barack Obama administration in cooperation with its allies. At the request of the Chinese side, as the call between the leaders of the ROK, China, and the leaders takes place first, there are concerns that a situation may arise that the U.S. and China are already pressured to choose their own choices toward Korea. In particular, the day before the call with President Moon, Xi warned against targeting the United States and its allies against pressure on China.

● 靑 “Visit Korea as soon as possible”

Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok said at a briefing on the 26th, President Moon told Xi, “I look forward to continuing communication between the two countries so that (Chief Xi’s) visit to Korea can be achieved as soon as the situation is stabilized and conditions are established.” He said he said. According to a spokesman for Kang, Chairman Xi said, “I look forward to visiting and meeting as soon as the conditions allow,” and “I hope that the diplomatic authorities of both countries will maintain constant contact and communicate closely for this purpose.”

President Moon called on the situation on the Korean peninsula to “construct China’s role in resolving problems through dialogue,” and Xi said, “I support inter-Korean dialogue. China attaches great importance to Korea’s role in political resolution,” said Kang. Spokesman Kang said that Xi emphasized that “the external stance that North Korea expressed at the 8th Congress of the Labor Party has not closed the doors of dialogue with the United States and South Korea.” “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is generally stable.”

Spokesperson Kang said, “At the time of the 40-minute talk, the two leaders will further promote exchange and cooperation between the two countries, and plan the future development blueprint for the next 30 years through the’Korea-China Relations Future Development Committee’. We shared our intentions.” The Committee for the Future Development of Korea-China Relations will allow experts from both countries to present the direction of development of Korea-China relations. According to China’s state-run CCTV, Xi said, “I hope that the Korea-China Relations Future Development Committee will organize the 30-year development achievements of the ROK-China relations, establish a future development plan, and drive the strategic partnership between Korea and China to a new level.” Said. Xi said, “Next year is the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Korea, and we have a new opportunity to deepen relations between the two countries. We hope that the two countries will accelerate the integration of development strategies and agree on cooperation in key areas.” “The Korea-China-Japan free trade agreement must be carried out quickly,” he said. “I hope China will strengthen cooperation with Korea in international affairs and work together to protect multilateralism and free trade.”

China’s CCTV did not report on the issue of President Xi’s visit to Korea as revealed by the Blue House and any mention of North Korea.

● Xi Jinping’s visit to Korea and North Korea issue revealed by the Blue House, there are no reports from China

President Moon and President Xi have been talking on the phone in eight months since May last year. An official at the Blue House said, “We have been promoting calls between leaders since last year,” and said, “We know that the point of view is sensitive,” while being wary of expanding interpretation. If this year and next year are set as the’year of cultural exchange between Korea and China’, it could lead to the lifting of the so-called’Han-Ryeong’, a ban on imports of Korean pop culture, which China took as a retaliation measure for THAAD (high-altitude missile defense system). The Blue House explained that it needed.

However, it is unusual that the call between the leaders of the ROK and China was made first at the time that President Moon is about to make a normal call with President Biden. President Biden plans to make a chain call with the leaders of North American European allies, such as Canada, Britain, France, and other Asian allies, including President Moon and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

For this reason, by emphasizing the importance of cooperation between Korea and China, which President Xi looked for up to the next 30 years, he indirectly sent a message to President Moon that South Korea should not participate in the policy of the Biden administration, which foretold’Pressure on China through cooperation with allies’. Observations are made as to whether it was intended to convey.

According to China’s Xinhua News Agency, Xi said in a video speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF, Davos Forum) on the 25th, “In the international community, they ate with one another or pursue the New Cold War, ostracize or threaten others, and, if appropriate, decoupling ), it will divide the world and lead to confrontation.” In particular, he emphasized, “We must not practice unilateralism by advocating multilateralism.” “’Selective multilateralism’ should not be our choice.” It can be interpreted that when the Biden administration promoted multilateralism and tried to pressure China in a way that cooperates with allies, unlike the Donald Trump administration, the Biden administration sent a bypass warning message to allies of the United States such as South Korea and Japan.

Then White House spokesman Jen Saki said on the same day, “We are in serious competition with China.” “China is now challenging our security, prosperity and values ​​in a significant way. We want to approach this with a certain amount of strategic patience.” In particular, he said of’strategic patience’, “meaning to consult with alliances on public policy and with Democratic and Republicans. President Biden is committed to halting China’s economic supremacy, and the most efficient way to do so is to Cooperation with” he said. The White House came up with’strategic patience’, which was a sanctions and pressure-centered policy toward North Korea, and announced that it would cooperate with allies for this. For this reason, it is expected that Korea will also strongly demand to join the pressure on China. Park Won-gon, a professor at Handong University, said, “Since seeing the Biden administration’s initial strategy toward China, it seems that President Xi, who judged that he could not remain still, moved quickly with the call with President Moon.”

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