Yoon Seok-yeol’s security strategy ‘China’s supply chain first’ Cho Tae-yong ‘identification of enemy allies’
The guidelines for the national security strategy of the Yoon Seok-yeol government were released on the 7th as “free, peaceful, and prosperous central state” and “supply chain cooperation with China,” and the head of the National Security Office announced on the 9th that “the division of enemy alliances” was “diplomacy and national interest-centered Korea-China relations.”
The US White House Security Office began building a trilateral security system with a meeting of the US, Japan and Philippines security chiefs in Japan on the 16th.
On the 9th, Director of the National Security Office Cho Tae-yong said in regards to Korea-China relations, "We will create healthy Korea-China relations through dignified diplomacy that matches the heightened national power of the Republic of Korea and meets the public's eye level." Aiming to become a global pivotal country that cooperates with the international community. Our relationship with China is no different," he said at the academic conference on the 'one-year evaluation of foreign affairs and security'.
The “National Security Strategy: A Global Backbone of Freedom, Peace, and Prosperity,” released by the Office of the President on the 7th, is a “normalization of inter-Korean relations through principles” and He revealed the value alliance diplomacy of 'freedom and prosperity'.
President Yoon's strategic report on China said, "It is very important for our sustainable economic growth to pursue supply chain cooperation with China, the country with the largest trade with Korea." We will actively promote bilateral cooperation for this purpose,” specifying the value diplomacy of “freedom and peace” and linking Korea to the US-led “supply chain expansion strategy.”
In a keynote speech at an academic conference on the ‘Evaluation Tasks for Diplomacy, Security, and Unification for the 1st Anniversary of the Yoon Seok-yeol Administration’ by state agencies, Cho said, “Mutual respect should be the basis for relations between countries.” , We must have a clear perception of which country will stand on our side against the enemy," he said, clearly clarifying the 'enemy and alliance'.
At the luncheon address of the academic conference, Kim Tae-hyo, the first deputy chief of national security, said, "A country without freedom is only copied and stolen."
Regarding the strategy for China, the security strategy report said, “We will consistently and decisively respond to our sovereignty and interests based on national interests and principles, and operate a permanent communication system to manage current issues.” “In particular, the THAAD issue is our security sovereignty It is clear that this is an issue.”
“North Korea’s nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction are the top priority security threats that we are facing,” the strategic report said.
The report went on to highlight the “strengthening of future alliances” by “strengthening cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, regional and global levels while sharing universal values with Japan.”
The Sankei Shimbun reported on the 9th that the three countries, the United States, Japan and the Philippines, approached holding a meeting on the new security regime targeting China in Japan on the 16th.
The three countries plan to hold the first meeting of a new security consultative body targeting China, which is strengthening its maritime advances in the East and South China Seas, in Tokyo, Japan, on the 16th. The trilateral security system will be attended by US White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Japan National Security Agency Director Akiba Takeo, and Philippine National Security Advisor Eduardo Ano.