[정치]Summit calls between Korea and China…

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While the Biden administration foretold public pressure through strengthening the alliance, there is a high interest in the background of the call between the leaders of Korea and China.

China appears to have double paved stones, hoping for South Korea’s role in deterring North Korea’s provocations while keeping the US-Korea tight.

Reporter Lee Gyo-jun.

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The conversation between the leaders of Korea, China, and China, which had been made in about eight months, lasted for 40 minutes.

Since the inauguration of the Biden administration, there are observations that it will have been a place to explore strategic changes between the two countries and discuss the common interests in depth.

In this regard, the point that President Xi Jinping mentioned that the denuclearization of North Korea is in the common interest of Korea and China and that the situation on the Korean peninsula is generally stable is an eye-catching part.

It is an analysis that there is an expectation for Korea’s mediation role in the phase of the US-China conflict and the stalemate between the US-US talks.

This is also supported by the fact that Xi evaluated the 8th Party Congress and said that North Korea viewed dialogue with the United States and South Korea as not shutting down.

[김한권 / 국립외교원 교수 : (북한의 도발이) 사실상 중국을 전략적으로 견제하는 데 하나의 명분이 되는 행동이 될 것이라고 보고 있기 때문에 중국 입장에서는 북한과 미국이 다시 대화를 재개하고 한반도 문제가 안정화되길 바라고 있습니다.]

It is also noteworthy that the calls between the two leaders took place at a delicate point ahead of the first call between the two leaders.

This is because the Biden administration has repeatedly warned that it, along with the alliance, will engage in mass pressure.

[양갑용 / 국가안보전략연구원 책임연구위원 : 한국을 좀 더 미국에 휩쓸리지 않도록, 미국에 완전히 경사되지 않도록 관리할 필요가 있는 것이고, 그래서 아마 전화 통화를 하지 않았나 싶고요.]

The burden on our government is likely to grow as the Biden administration is poised not to slow down the reins of high-intensity pressure on its strategic rival China following the Trump administration.

YTN Kyojun Lee[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]