South Korea and Japan Continue to Bicker About GSOMIA

Now the Moon administration is bickering with the Japanese on why they caved on the cancellation of the GSOMIA:

South Korea and Japan clashed Sunday over an agreement on keeping alive their military information-sharing pact, casting a pall on upcoming negotiations over the agreement.

The move came two days after South Korea conditionally suspended the expiry of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), six hours before it was due to lapse.

South Korea also decided to temporarily halt a petition process at the World Trade Organization while negotiations with Japan on the two sides’ export control policies go on.

“In the future negotiations, everything depends on Japan’s attitude,” Chung Eui-yong, director of Cheong Wa Dae’s national security office, told reporters at an exhibition center in the southeastern port city of Busan, noting South Korea’s recent decisions are conditional and provisional.

A key condition of the suspension is that South Korea can terminate the military pact at any time it wants and Japan has expressed “understanding” over it, according to South Korea. (………)

“We have no choice but to express deep regret” over the Japanese behavior, Chung said, calling the Japanese moves a “breach of faith.”

Chung also slammed Japanese leaders for their reported remarks that South Korea caved in to U.S. pressure and that Japan had achieved a diplomatic victory, describing them as untrue.

A senior presidential official also said it would be very disappointing if Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reported comments are true. Japanese media reported that Abe said Japan had made no concessions.

Yonhap

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