A domestic report on Foreign Minister Park Jin's meeting with the North Korean representative at the ASEAN Security Forum (ARF) exposed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' mistakes.
Minister Park went to the North Korean representative at a banquet on the 4th and said, "Nice to meet you, Minister Park Jin," and then "I heard that you are a reasonable person as an ASEAN expert."
A one-way approach without formal confirmation of the identity of the party to the dialogue is difficult to see as diplomatic contact by telling the North Korean representative (ambassador to Indonesia), who attended the Foreign Ministers' Meeting as a proxy, using his or her country's name without the name of his country.
North Korea's representative (ambassador) Ahn Kwang-il said in a meeting with South Korean reporters on the 5th that he had never met (Park Jin), several domestic media reported.
When a Korean reporter asked if there was a picture of the two ministers meeting, Ambassador Ahn replied, "I didn't say anything and I have no intention of meeting," the Korean media said.
The Seoul Shimbun reported that < Ambassador Ahn also said hello to Minister Park. However, it is not known in detail what Ambassador Ahn said to Minister Park. Looking at the photos released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is possible that Minister Park approached Ambassador Ahn first. Ambassador Ahn is gazing at Minister Park near the table while holding the chair placed on the round table with his right hand. Minister Park, on the other hand, appears to be talking to Ambassador Ahn from the far side of the table.> reported on the day.
ARF is a multilateral security consultative body in which North Korea participates, and is a large security organization in which 27 countries and regions, including 10 ASEAN countries, 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (USA, UK, France, China, Russia), Japan, and the European Union (EU), participate. to be.
Prior to the opening of the East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the 5th for the domestic media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs distributed the scene of Minister Park having a conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sitting next to him as a press release, mostly used by the media. .
Minister Park, as the 14th speaker at the EAS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, said, "In particular, unilateral change by force is unacceptable under any circumstances." "The Russian invasion of Ukraine is an unprecedented challenge to international law and international order, and the UN Charter It is a clear violation of the established principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.”
Minister Park continued, "South Korea supports the one-China position, and at the same time, peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is important to South Korea and essential to regional security and prosperity." Given this, it will have a negative impact on peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula,” he said.
The Hankyoreh shows off 'Russian pressure' by using a scene provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which Minister Park speaks to the Russian Foreign Minister under the title "Foreign Minister Park Jin, Targeting China and Russia,"
Minister Park's remarks in the Taiwan Strait evaded the regulation as to whether the party to the "escalation of tension" was "China or the United States."
In a public remark, Minister Park said, “The Taiwan Strait is one of the most frequent maritime transport routes through which more than 80% of the world’s large ships pass. Yes,” he said, making both the US and China parties to the 'change of the status quo by force'.
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on the 3rd, Chinese CCTV revealed that it was "a serious violation of the one China principle and the three Sino-U.S. Joint Statements, seriously affecting the political foundation of Sino-US relations." Started military training.
White House NSC coordinator John Kirby said on the same day, "President Pelosi's visit is perfectly consistent with the 'one China' policy. this conflicted