Meeting for the first time in 5 months since October of last year… Controversy over sanctions
[취리히 신화=연합뉴스 자료사진] Yang Jiechi (first from right), a member of the Politburo for Foreign Affairs of China, and Jake Sullivan (first from left), U.S. national security adviser, hold a meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 6, last year. [email protected]
BEIJING (Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Jun-hyeong = White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Communist Party Politburo Yang Jie-chi met in Rome, Italy on the 14th (local time), China’s state-run Central Television (CCTV) reported.
After meeting in Zurich, Switzerland on October 6th last year, the two met once more following regarding five months, and it is estimated that they exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis and North Korea’s nuclear and missile issues.
First, it is believed that Sullivan urged China to make efforts to persuade Russia to stop Russia’s attacks on Ukraine.
Also, in relation to the international community’s sanctions once morest Russia, including the United States, it seems that China has urged Russia not to create a way to evade sanctions by strengthening trade with Russia.
In an interview with local media on the 13th (local time), Sullivan said in an interview with his local media on the 13th (local time), “We have communicated to China that we will not stand by or wait for any country to make up for Russia’s losses from economic sanctions.” He warned that he was communicating directly and privately to China that there would definitely be a price to assist in evasion.
Even following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China has clearly expressed its opposition to sanctions once morest Russia and has indicated that it will continue normal trade with Russia.
In addition, the meeting was held while North Korea showed trends in intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, and it is expected that the North Korean issue was also discussed.
Adviser Sullivan may have asked China to urge the cessation of North Korea’s missile launches, while conveying the position that if North Korea proceeds to launch, it will push for stronger sanctions once morest North Korea at the UN Security Council level.
China has recently urged the United States to ease sanctions, that is, compensation for the suspension of North Korea’s nuclear and ICBM test launches since 2018, saying that the United States must resolve North Korea’s “reasonable security concerns” regarding North Korea’s nuclear and missile issues. have done
In 2017, during the Trump administration, China lowered the level of sanctions but did not exercise its veto power in the discussion of strengthening Security Council sanctions once morest North Korea’s ICBM test-fire.
However, now that the US-China conflict has intensified incomparably compared to then, they are effectively opposing the tightening of sanctions.
Previously, the United States tried to add five additional North Korean nationals to UN sanctions related to North Korea’s missile launch on January 20, but it was canceled due to China’s non-cooperation in the Security Council.
The two sides also appear to have discussed the Taiwan issue.
As cooperation between the United States and Taiwan has intensified since the Ukraine incident, such as a recent visit to Taiwan by former high-ranking U.S. foreign and security officials with the character of President Joe Biden’s special envoy, both members of the Politburo conveyed their intentions of protest, while ‘Hana Hana’ It is presumed that they urged the adherence to the ‘China’ principle.
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