Biden, whom Su called before Wen…靑 “The order does not mean much”

On the morning of the 28th, two days after the normal call between Korea and China on the 26th, the first normal call between the US and Japan was made. The Blue House has not yet explained the US-Korea monetary plan, but calls are expected to be made sooner or later.

President Moon Jae-in made his first phone call with US President-elect Joe Biden in the reception room at the Blue House’s official residence at 9 am on November 12 last year. At the time, the call was made immediately after the call with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Provided by the Blue House

The Blue House is in the position that the prior calls made by the leaders of the United States and Japan prior to the normal calls between the United States and the United States are “proceed according to the order customarily set by the White House, and there is no need to put much meaning in the order.” An official at the Blue House said, “It is customary that the call between the leaders is determined in consideration of the time of the other country, but the call with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was unusually made in the early morning of Japan. There are many issues to be resolved as enemies, and it seems that it has affected the diplomatic schedule.”

In fact, there were many cases where the US president made calls with the leaders of Korea and Japan in the same time zone around 9 am or 9 pm Korean time. President Joe Biden, who was elected in November of last year, talked between the US and Japan and the US and Korea at 8:30 am and 9 am, respectively. In the United States, it is 6:30 and 7 p.m., which is the normal business hours for both countries.

On the 22nd, three days after his inauguration, President Biden held a series of telephone meetings with the leaders of the United Kingdom (23rd), France (24th), and Germany (25th), starting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. On the 26th, he spoke with Russian President Vladmir Putin following the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg. Next was Japanese Prime Minister Suga on the 27th (local time).

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide explains to reporters about the telephone talks with US President Joe Biden at the Japanese Prime Minister’s Consulate on the morning of the 28th. yunhap news

Former President Donald Trump began in the UK on the day of inauguration in 2017 (January 20), Canada (21st), Israel (22nd), India (24th), Mexico (27th), Japan, Germany, Russia I spoke with the leaders of France and Australia (28th) and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (29th).

At the time, South Korea was the acting system for President Hwang Gyo-an due to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye.
The normal call with Acting Hwang took place on the 29th, one day later than Japan.

At the time of the inauguration of former Democratic Party President Barack Obama in 2009, calls with President Lee Myung-bak were five days later than calls with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan.

A former diplomat told JoongAng Ilbo, “The normal currency between Korea and the United States will be established soon, but it is worth paying attention to the timing and sequence.” I think I should have been more cautious at night).”

President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone on the 26th. China’s state-run media reported on the currency of the two leaders and did not mention President Xi’s visit to Korea by the Blue House or talks about North Korea. [뉴스1, 신화=연합뉴스]

In fact, the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) evaluated the normal currency between Korea and China as “China’s offensive to thwart Biden’s administration’s plan to attract Korea to the anti-China coalition of democratic countries.”

Regarding this perspective, the Blue House is drawing a line with political interpretation, saying, “This call was promoted for New Year’s greetings.”

In calls with new diplomatic officials in the Biden administration, Korea continues to be pushed back by Japan in time. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with National Security Officer Seo Hoon, two days after talking with Japan’s National Security Bureau chief, Kitamura Shigeru on the 21st. Defense Minister Lloyd Austin also made the first phone call with Defense Minister Seo-wook on the 24th following Japan’s Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo on the 23rd. On the 27th, foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha and Secretary of State Tony Blincoln’s calls were also made after a call with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu (茂木敏充).

Reporters Taehwa Kang and Hyunjoo Park [email protected]