[단독]Biden’s Speech against China in South Korea… Korea-US summit on the 21st of next month

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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol and US President Joe Biden (pictured) will hold a summit meeting in Seoul on the 21st of next month. It is the ‘high-speed summit’ that will be held 11 days following the inauguration of President-elect Yoon on the 10th of next month.

President Biden, who visits Korea and Japan in succession, is known to be preparing a ‘Speech to Asia’ in Korea, his first trip to Asia.

White House Press Secretary Jen Saki officially announced on the 27th (local time) that “President Biden will visit South Korea and Japan from the 20th to the 24th of next month.” On the 28th, the elected spokesperson Bae Hyun-jin said, “The Korea-US summit will be held on the 21st of next month.”

“(This visit) will advance our firm commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and our treaty alliance with South Korea and Japan,” Saki said. “We will expand our intensive diplomacy with Indo-Pacific countries that has been going on for over a year, including the special summit between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be held in Washington on the 12th and 13th of next month,” he said. He emphasized that the key goal of President Biden’s trip to Korea and Japan is to contain China.

Accordingly, it is reported that President Biden is planning a public address to the Asian region during his visit to Korea. Prior to President Biden’s visit to South Korea last week, the US side’s expedition to South Korea toured major universities in Seoul where they might speak to a general audience. The intention is to clearly convey the message of containment to China not only to the Korean people and government, but also to the entire Indo-Pacific region. It is possible to mention the importance of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and supply chain cooperation that the Biden administration is promoting to counter Chinese influence.

President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol meets with Edwin Fuller, founder of the American Heritage Foundation, at the office of the 20th Presidential Transition Committee in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the followingnoon of the 27th. Takeover photo reporters

Since this summit is held right following Yoon-elect Yoon took office, it is expected that messages of cooperation on the ROK-U.S. alliance, the North Korean nuclear issue, and economic security will emerge. Improving Korea-Japan relations and strengthening military cooperation between the US and Japan are also highly likely to be on the agenda. Regarding President Biden’s visit to South Korea, spokesperson Bae said, “We plan to hold in-depth discussions on a wide range of issues, including economic security and major regional and international issues, along with the development of the ROK-U.S. alliance and cooperation on North Korea policy.” At a regular briefing on the same day, the Chinese Foreign Ministry objected to President Biden’s visit to Korea and Japan, saying, “We must not create an exclusive small group (excluding China) and undermine mutual trust and cooperation of the countries in the region.”

By Choi Ji-seon, staff reporter [email protected]
Washington = Byung-ki Moon, Correspondent [email protected]

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