Blue House Disputes China’s Version of President Moon’s Comments on Hong Kong
Did China try and pull a fast one on President Moon?:
Seoul has contradicted an attempt by Beijing to back South Korea into China’s official stance on Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
Korea Times
South Korean President Moon Jae-in was quoted by the Chinese foreign ministry to have stated that the troubled regions were China’s internal affairs during meetings on Monday in Beijing with President Xi Jinping, who also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
But the line was nowhere to be found in the official statement issued by the South Korean government and, on Tuesday, a spokesman from South Korea’s presidential office, also known as the Blue House, issued a clarification.
“President Xi explained that Hong Kong and Xinjiang issues were internal affairs. President Moon said ‘well noted’ in response,” the spokesman Ko Min-jung said.
Moon ― who has stayed largely quiet on the protests which have rocked Hong Kong for more than six months ― was the latest head of state to be quoted by Beijing in supportive terms of its policies.
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Moon: “You said our interview was off the record!”
Xi: “Yeah? So sue me.”