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17-06-2024, 12:47 PM
An expected visit by Putin and the first Seoul-Beijing diplomatic security dialogue in nine years could coincide early next week
A flurry of diplomacy, with North Korea and Russia on one side and South Korea and China on the other, is slated to play out on the Korean Peninsula in the coming week, with preparations for Vladimir Putin’s first visit to North Korea in 24 years seemingly underway and South Korea holding its first diplomatic security dialogue with China in nine years next week.
“While maintaining a certain distance from North Korea and Russia, China is trying to manage its relations with the US first, and through that, to manage its relations with South Korea and Japan,” said Shin Bong-sup, a professor at Kwangwoon University and former Korean consul-general in Shenyang, China. “North Korea, on the other hand, wants to increase its strategic significance by strengthening the neo-Cold War blocs of North Korea-China-Russia and South Korea-US-Japan.”
“Despite being in the same situation, North Korea and China are choosing different tactics, putting the situation in a precarious position,” he added.
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_...44906.html
A flurry of diplomacy, with North Korea and Russia on one side and South Korea and China on the other, is slated to play out on the Korean Peninsula in the coming week, with preparations for Vladimir Putin’s first visit to North Korea in 24 years seemingly underway and South Korea holding its first diplomatic security dialogue with China in nine years next week.
“While maintaining a certain distance from North Korea and Russia, China is trying to manage its relations with the US first, and through that, to manage its relations with South Korea and Japan,” said Shin Bong-sup, a professor at Kwangwoon University and former Korean consul-general in Shenyang, China. “North Korea, on the other hand, wants to increase its strategic significance by strengthening the neo-Cold War blocs of North Korea-China-Russia and South Korea-US-Japan.”
“Despite being in the same situation, North Korea and China are choosing different tactics, putting the situation in a precarious position,” he added.
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_...44906.html
