Yoon Suk-yeol will not meet US House speaker in move critics say aims to avoid antagonising China as tensions in the Taiwan strait simmer
, South Korea’s biggest trading partner. The South Korean broadcaster TBS quoted an official at the presidential Blue House as denying that China had been a factor in Yoon’s decision not to meet Pelosi, as his itinerary had been finalised before her visit was announced., in 2015, she met the then president, Park Geun-hye, and the then foreign minister, Yun Byung-se.
Pelosi met the Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, and is expected to hold talks with the Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Friday. Pelosi said on Wednesday that her visit to Taiwan made it “unequivocally clear” that the US would “not abandon” its democratic ally. Reports said Pelosi and Kim would issue a joint statement and summarise their discussions on North Korea and regional security, but would not take questions from journalists.
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