Yoon Seok-yeol failed to attempt ‘Indo-Pacific strategy’ in Vietnam, control of President Thuong’s ‘comprehensive strategic relationship’
While President Yoon Seok-yeol called Vietnam a “core partner of the Indo-Pacific Strategy” in announcing a summit meeting, Vietnam showed a refusal to negotiate by stating that it would “maintain comprehensive strategic relations.”
At a press conference after the summit meeting with President Van Thuong on the 23rd, President Yoon said, “Vietnam is a key partner in the implementation of the ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy’ for freedom, peace and prosperity and the ‘Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative’.” rejected the Indo-Pacific Strategy and revealed the control of maintaining the existing 'comprehensive strategy'.
In his opening remarks at the summit, President Thuong rejected the Indo-Pacific Strategy by stating the continuation of the existing 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership' in "Korea's prioritization of important countries in economic and social development foreign policy."
In his opening remarks at the summit, President Yoon first said, "I look forward to discussing concrete and practical cooperation plans with the President today for the Intae (Indo-Pacific) region of freedom, peace and prosperity."
In his remarks at the summit, President Thuong said, "The fact that Vietnam was chosen as the first ASEAN country to visit right after the upgrade to a comprehensive strategic partnership shows that President Yoon and the Korean government attach great importance to the relationship between the two countries." He rejected the Indo-Pacific Strategy by saying, "I want to select Korea as an important country of priority and develop 'comprehensive strategic partnership' effectively and in the long term."
The Chosun Ilbo <President Yoon held a summit meeting with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on the second day of his state visit to Vietnam. ' and 'A key partner in the implementation of the Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative'>, and expressed the 'President Yoon's remarks on the Indo-Pacific Strategy' at the press conference as a 'joint press release' on the 23rd.
<Vietnam’s ‘Independence, Self-Reliance and Peace’ Indo-Pacific Strategy ‘Rejection’ vs Seok-Yeol Yun’s ‘Freedom, Peace and Prosperity’ Indo-Pacific Strategy ‘Core’, June 23, 2023. Refer to Biden Democracy Summit, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and ‘Agreement on Promotion’, dated March 30>
At a White House summit press conference with US President Biden on the 22nd, Indian Prime Minister Modi said, “The war has returned to Europe due to the Ukrainian conflict,” warning of “dark clouds of coercion and confrontation” that “cast a shadow over the Indo-Pacific.” The New York Times reported that.
Regarding Prime Minister Modi’s press conference at the White House, he indirectly criticized the US-led Indo-Pacific strategy for taking responsibility for the confrontation by not saying who started the war and who was engaging in coercion or confrontation in the Indo-Pacific.
‘VINBAX 2022’, a bilateral army exercise between India and Vietnam, which mainly uses Russian-made weapons, was conducted for three weeks in May last year in Chandi Mandir, India, and Vietnam conducted joint training with India in dispatching peacekeeping troops to South Sudan in Africa.
<See Japan-India Defense Agreement, India-Vietnam Joint Exercise, China-Indonesia Military Agreement, March 26, 2023>