SEOUL – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned he helps South Korea’s efforts to develop a “healthy and mature” cooperative relationship with China, South Korea’s international ministry mentioned on Saturday.
Blinken, who arrives in Beijing on Sunday for the highest-level go to by an official of President Joe Biden’s administration, mentioned bilateral relations, relations between China and South Korea, and North Korea in a name with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Saturday, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Blinken and Park strongly condemned what they contemplate North Korea’s repeated provocations, the ministry mentioned, and agreed the US, South Korea and Japan ought to proceed to induce China to play a constructive position within the UN Security Council on denuclearization. The assertion didn’t elaborate.
US officers say they don’t count on Blinken’s journey to China, the primary by a secretary of state in 5 years, to yield a breakthrough in how Washington and Beijing take care of one another. Blinken mentioned on Friday the journey was geared toward establishing “open and empowered” communications. —Reuters
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