ROK Foreign Ministry Starts Damage Control with China After Fallout from Joint Statement
The Moon administration is already trying to backtrack on the Joint statement made by President Moon and President Biden during last week’s summit:
The government has stepped up efforts to prevent any fallout from President Moon Jae-in’s summit with U.S. President Joe Biden adversely affecting South Korea’s ties with China, with the foreign minister saying their post-summit statement touching on Taiwan was “theoretical and principled.”
Korea Times
President Moon and his U.S. counterpart held their first in-person meeting at the White House last week and their joint statement referred to the importance of preserving peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. It also referred to freedom of navigation and overflights in the South China Sea and beyond.
Despite not directly mentioning China, it was seen as a sign that South Korea agreed with the U.S.’s anti-China campaign, and this drew a strong response from Beijing.
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– and their joint statement referred to the importance of preserving peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
That was Biden’s doing, Moon just followed along to appease him. What happens in Taiwan Strait has nothing to do with South Korea. Most Koreans probably can’t even tell the difference between Taiwan and Thailand, and could care less what happens there. Same thing with most Americans too. The US government is just using the Taiwan issue to use to antagonize China. Why can’t the US just get along with other countries?
I agree.
Why all the constant whining about an island… which won’t change anything no matter how loud the whining is. They only do it to pointlessly antagonize.
It is a good question, why can they get along with other countries?
Why cause all this trouble?
What was the old name for the island?
Formica?
Formisa?
Formicca?
Ah… Takeshima… that’s it.
CH, I think you’ve mastered the technique of skewering rather well…
Watch Commie moon backpedal so hard.