China’s Ock Sin presses on South Korea to “take over the Trump quad” by Biden US

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is the core of the US administration’s diplomatic and security affairs, Joe Biden, publicly announced the succession of the Quad, a collective security consultative with the United States, Japan, Australia and India. The quad was created by the former Trump government. In the era of Biden and Xi Jinping, the Moon Jae-in administration is expected to have a greater choice of whether it is the United States or China.

National Security Adviser Sullivan said on the 29th (local time) through a videoconference at the US Peace Institute (USIP), “(started by the Donald Trump administration) I will inherit and develop the format and mechanism of the quad.“And” (quad) The basic basis for establishing practical US policy in the Pacific regionWill be.”

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, a longtime staff of President Joe Biden, emphasized the importance of the quad at a videoconference hosted by the US Peace Institute on the 29th (local time). The photo shows a press conference when Sullivan was nominated as an assistant on November 24 last year. [AP=연합뉴스]

This is in the same vein as Tony Blincoln’s recent talks with Japanese and Australian foreign ministers to emphasize the importance of the quad.

On this, experts say, “Unlike the Trump administration, which was quantumism, the Biden administration ‘Multilateral alliance’The biden government is expected to increase the pressure of participation in the quad against South Korea as much as it valued.” Kang Joon-young, director of the Center for International Area Studies at the Korean Foreign University, said, Despite Trump’s legacy Inherited Quad for Asia Regional ManagementIt seems to be doing it,” he said.

National Security Adviser Sullivan was the top priority for the Biden administration. “Domestic problem”I heard. The intention is to first resolve the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), which has continued since before the inauguration of the regime, the economic crisis, and the split situation that has spread even to the invasion of Congress. He added, “We will respond to the climate crisis, nuclear proliferation, cyber attacks and economic difficulties with allies.”

US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln is holding his first press conference on the 27th (local time) at the State Department building in Washington DC. Secretary Blincoln did not mention North Korea at the conference. [AFP=연합뉴스]

There was no mention of the North Korean issue on this day. In recent comments by key officials of Biden’s government, such as Secretary of State Blincoln and Linda Thomas Greenfield, the nominee for the United Nations ambassador to the United Nations, the North Korean issue was only at a fundamental level. Minister Blincoln did not even mention the word North Korea at his first press conference on the 27th.

This is expected to disrupt the Korean government’s strategy to raise the North Korean-US negotiations to the priority of the Biden government to improve inter-Korean relations. Shin Beom-cheol, director of the Center for Foreign Affairs and Security at the Economic and Social Research Institute, said, “There are areas where the Biden administration intentionally does not talk about North Korea.”

The fact that the timetables of the ROK and US governments are different is another factor that makes a difference in dealing with North Korea. Director Shin “Moon Jae-in administration with 13 months left until the next presidential electionWants to quickly improve inter-Korean relations, Biden’s administration just started“I want to wear it right from the first button.”In the extreme, you may think that cooperation with North Korea should be done with the next Korean government.“He said.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands at Panmunjom on the afternoon of June 30, 2019. President Moon Jae-in is looking at this. [연합뉴스]

In the midst of this, the generals of the US reserve service, who served as the commander of the ROK-US coalition, expressed an uncomfortable view of the “reduction of ROK-US combined training” raised by some of the Korean government. Former Commander Burwell Bell released a statement to the Voice of the United States (VOA) on the 30th, emphasizing the importance of combined training, and said, “The presidents of both Korea and the United States announced the possibility of (North Korea) hostilities while reaffirming the strength of the alliance. Should be announced immediately.” During the Roh Moo-hyun, Lee Myung-bak, and Park Geun-hye administrations, the ROK-US leaders issued a joint statement containing stern warnings over North Korean nuclear weapons.

Reporter Kim Sang-jin [email protected]