South Korean president says his visit has ‘nothing to do with our position over China’ | Gallo_Ways
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has insisted his visit to Australia has nothing to do with China despite enhancing defence ties with Canberra amid increasing tensions with Beijing.
South Korea recently adopted a more cautious approach than neighbouring Japan to China because of its reliance on Beijing to negotiate a peace deal with North Korea. This hasAsia’s fourth-largest economy is being left behind by the members of the Quad grouping of Australia, the United States, India and Japan.
Countries throughout the region are growing increasingly concerned about escalating tensions in the region including in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.Beijing has imposed more than $20 billion of tariffs and other trading measures on Australia over the past 18 months in response to the federal government’s push for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 as well as other national security decisions.
But, he said, South Korea also had to take into account “peace and security on the Korean Peninsula” and the “de-nuclearisation” of North Korea”.
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