2023-06-13 11:53:46
President Yoon Seok-yeol presides over a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul on the 13th. Presidential Correspondents
On the 13th, while the Korean and Chinese governments were exchanging aggressive remarks over the remarks of Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming, who openly criticized the foreign policy of the Yoon Seok-yeol government, even President Yoon Seok-yeol stepped forward on the 13th. The level of conflict between the two countries has risen as the ambassadors of both countries have been shot, even by the supreme leader, beyond the diplomatic authorities or political battles. It is said that President Yun’s remarks regarding the assassination of Ambassador Singh came out while talking regarding current issues during a closed-door cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul this morning. President Yoon said, “Relations between the two countries have been conducted with the grand principles of mutual respect, promotion of friendship, and pursuit of common interests. However, the public is quite dissatisfied with the inappropriate behavior of the Chinese ambassador to Korea.” On the 8th, when Ambassador Singh invited Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong to the ambassador’s residence, he aimed to openly criticize the Yoon Seok-yeol government’s US-biased policy, saying, “Those who bet on China’s defeat will surely regret it later.” President Yoon also said, “There are many people who evaluate Ambassador Xing as Yuan Sky. After mentioning that Korean businessmen were queuing up to meet him, attendees said, “But (on the 8th), such words are not appropriate.” President Yoon is said to have said this while emphasizing the principles of ‘national pride’, reciprocity, and mutual respect. Yuan Shikai of the Qing Dynasty was a person who interfered in internal affairs by leading troops and stationed in Joseon during the Imo Military Rebellion. The atmosphere in the presidential office is very incensed that Ambassador Singh met with the representative of the host country’s opposition party and criticized the host country’s government raw and openly. An official from the presidential office said, “No ambassador can talk like this regarding the government he presides over.” This is what he said,” he said. In diplomacy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ‘invited’ Ambassador Xing, who made high-handed remarks, on the 9th, and China also called ‘Wejian’ (promise to meet and meet) There are many evaluations that the confrontation on the last 10 days was a measure that did not cross the line. However, experts pointed out that President Yoon’s direct criticism of the ambassador to Korea went beyond this, saying, “It does not fit the rank and only causes the deterioration of the relationship between the two countries.” Lee Sang-man, a professor at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University, predicted, “As the president made remarks regarding Ambassador Singh, he seems to be caught in a trap now.” It is said that China has opened up space to increase the level of opposition. Some point out that President Yoon treats diplomacy as if it were domestic politics. Choi Jong-gun, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, “It is common for these issues to be concluded diplomatically while talking in the line of the vice minister. He pointed out that it is not too much to talk regarding even the president,” and pointed out that “it is for domestic politics to come up to the ruling party and talk regarding’persona non grata’ (a person diplomatically avoided).” It is an attitude to jump on the bandwagon of domestic anti-China sentiment. It is also pointed out that it is dangerous for the ruling party, the power of the people, to argue that Ambassador Singh should be designated as a person to be diplomatically avoided. Designating the ambassador of the other country as a person to avoid actually means the breakdown of bilateral relations. Since 1971, when the Vienna (Vienna) Convention took effect, there has been only one case of expulsion of a person shunned by a diplomatic corps in Korea. At the time, Russia expelled the Korean diplomat, taking issue with the South Korean diplomat working at the Korean embassy for attempting to steal Russian information. In response, South Korea also refuted Russian diplomats stationed in Korea, and Russia further protested and expelled five Korean diplomats. By Shin Hyeong-cheol and Kim Mi-na, staff reporter [email protected]
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