¡°All exchange cooperation speedy recovery should be negotiated¡±¡¦Summit on Korea & China in APEC

[ Park Mee Yeong mypark@ ] | 2017-11-01 10:33:44
South Korea and China agreed on October 31 to restore cooperation in all fields to normal development.

As the first step, President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral summit at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Vietnam this month. However, in relation to the THAAD (High-Altitude Missile Defense System), which has exacerbated bilateral relations, It is expected that the Korea-China relationship, which has been rapidly cooled since the THAAD deployment decision last year, will be fully frozen in a year and four months.

South Korea and China agreed on the need to improve diplomatic relations between the two countries on the Korean Peninsula issue and to improve and develop bilateral relations and to draw up the results of the bilateral talks, `` the South Korean official said. . The Foreign Ministry announced on the morning of the morning that the results of the bilateral talks on improving bilateral relations were jointly announced. The two sides agreed to seek developmental relations in all areas of the THAAD problem, in fact, `suturing` and security cooperation for economic and diplomatic cooperation as well as for peace settlement on the Korean Peninsula.

According to the agreement, the two countries will attach great importance to bilateral relations and pursue the development of strategic cooperation partnership in accordance with the spirit of joint documents between the two sides. He also reaffirmed the principle of the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue and decided to pursue the North Korean nuclear issue through all diplomatic means.

Meanwhile, the Korean government made it clear that the THAAD system deployed in South Korea, in relation to the THAAD issue, does not harm China`s security interests by not targeting the third country in accordance with its original purpose of deployment. The Chinese side, however, explicitly opposed the Sad placement and hoped that South Korea would deal with the issue appropriately. However, the two sides agreed to communicate through the military channel prior to any separate action if there is a conflict with Sad. He also decided not to discuss the THAAD talks between President Moon and the city leaders.

China, on the other hand, also expressed concern about the establishment of a missile defense system (MD), the deployment of additional THAAD, and military cooperation between Korea and the US. In response, the South Korean government reiterated the relevant position that the Korean government has publicly revealed. "The Korean government has not reviewed the additional deployment of the Saddam, and it remains unchanged from the standpoint of not participating in the MD of the United States," the minister said.

The agreement between the two countries is expected to ease the retaliatory measures of China, which has continued since the official announcement of the Saud deployment by the Park Geun-hye administration. Besides, there is a possibility that the APEC bilateral talks between President Moon and the city president will lead to economic exchanges between Korea and China, followed by the visit of the city by the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.

By Park Mee Yeong mypark@


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