Responding to the ROK-US-Japan alliance system Chinese Defense Minister visits Belarus, Russia
Tensions on the Polish border increased during China's visit to Russia and Belarus in response to the new trilateral alliance system between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan.
“Poland is deploying thousands of troops along its border with Belarus, a deterrence measure as tensions rise between the two neighbors,” the Associated Press said. Tensions have been building at the border in recent months,” it reported on the 16th.
Chinese Defense Minister Li Xiangpu has visited Russia and Belarus one after another to "strengthen the multilateral alliance" and to support Belarus and Taiwan's elections next year.
The Chinese Ministry of National Defense released a statement on its website on the 16th, saying, “Director Li said in a speech at the International Security Conference held in Moscow yesterday (15th) that ‘an attempt to blockade China using Taiwan will surely end in failure’.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at an international security conference in Moscow attended by Chinese defense minister, on the theme of "many world states seeking ways to develop outside Western mechanisms, including strengthening new types of multilateral coalitions." Russia's TASS news agency reported on the 16th.
TASS announced that representatives of more than 100 countries and international organizations around the world were invited to the international security conference held annually by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Defense Minister Lee announced in a statement from the Ministry of Defense on the 14th that he will visit Russia and Belarus from the 14th to the 19th, and that Director Lee will give a speech at an international security conference to be held in Moscow and meet with Russian defense officials.
Prior to this, Minister Ri visited Russia in April and met with Russian President Putin to discuss strengthening military cooperation. In July, the Russian Navy Minister visited Beijing and held talks with Li.
China and Russia are conducting joint military exercises one after another this year.
Minister Li visited Vietnam on June 27 and met with Defense Minister Phan Van Giang.
Regarding tensions on the border between Poland and Belarus, the Associated Press said, “On the eastern border of Poland, which is the border between NATO and the EU, there is a strategic ‘Suwalki Gap’, a 60 km border with Lithuania connecting the Baltic states such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to the rest of the NATO alliance and the EU. (Suwalki Gap), a narrow gap separates Kaliningrad, a heavily militarized Russian territory unconnected by land with Belarus and Russia,” he said.
As for Poland's military buildup, "Western military analysts have long held that the Suwalki Gap is a potential flashpoint in Russia-NATO confrontation," the Associated Press said. In response, the region is strongly protected by a coalition of Polish and American troops on the Polish side and a coalition of Canadian and German troops on the Lithuanian side.”
White House NSC Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell said at the Brookings Institution on the 16th, “We will see very ambitious initiatives that seek ways to strengthen trilateral engagement now and in the future.” revealed
In an announcement that day, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel said, “Six weeks ago, President Biden was in Vilnius (Lithuania), and then Sweden and Finland joined NATO. Six weeks later, President Biden invited the leaders of Japan and Korea to Camp David.” “The series of events speaks very well of where we are now under the current President Biden. “I think the key factor that makes America strong is our alliances and allies,” he said.
Wallace Gregson, former assistant secretary of defense for Asia and the Pacific, told Voice of America (VOA) on the 16th that he was emphasizing that “the security of Korea and Japan are inextricably linked” in response to President Seok-yeol Yoon’s congratulatory remarks about the “UNC rear base in Japan.” said.
In his congratulatory speech on Liberation Day, President Yoon said, “The role of the 7 rear bases provided by Japan to the UN Command is the greatest deterrent to block North Korea’s aggression into the South.” It is done,” he said on the 15th.
Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-de said on the way to visit Paraguay via the US on the 15th, "If China takes military action, it will be an attempt to interfere in the election." he told reporters.
Ahead of the general elections early next year, the Taiwanese government argued that “China is trying to intimidate Taiwanese voters by expanding its military activities by taking issue with the vice president’s transit through the United States.”
Vice President Rai attended the inauguration ceremony of President Santiago Pena of Paraguay. The route to visit Paraguay is via New York, arriving in Paraguay and returning home via San Francisco on the 16th.
KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries) announced on the 16th, “The FA-50GF units 1 and 2, which were delivered to the Polish Air Force, successfully performed their first flight in the field in commemoration of the Polish Armed Forces Day on the 15th.”
At a summit meeting with President Andrzej Duda in Poland on July 13, President Yoon announced cooperation in the defense industry, transportation infrastructure, nuclear power plant construction, and reconstruction projects in Ukraine.
South Korea exported 71.6 percent ($12.4 billion) of Korea’s defense exports of $17.3 billion to Poland as “long-term low-interest export subsidies.”
The first contract between Korea and Poland last year included K2 tanks (1,000 units), K9 self-propelled howitzers (672 units), FA-50 light attack aircraft (48 units), and Cheonmu multiple rocket launchers (288 units). Tried converting.