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Fri, March 24, 2023 | 02:26
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Park's parade attendance seen not offending US
미국 국무부 "박 대통령 중국 열병식 참관 결정 존중"
Posted : 2015-08-27 16:08
Updated : 2015-08-27 21:37
Kang Seung-woo
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By Kang Seung-woo

President Park Geun-hye observing China's military parade will not adversely affect ties between Seoul and Washington, U.S. experts said, Thursday.

On Wednesday night, Cheong Wa Dae announced that Park plans to attend the Sept. 3 military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The parade has extra significance, given that the event is aimed at showing off China's growing military capabilities that may draw complaints from the United States, which is vying with China for regional hegemony. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not be present.

"The U.S. is perfectly fine with Park's trip to China, and probably has no strong feeling about attending the military parade," said Van Jackson, who served as a policy advisor at the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense.

Leon Sigal, the director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council, also said that the U.S. will understand Korea's position.

"The administration's policy is one of engagement coupled with alliance maintenance," Sigal said. "It understands South Korea's interest in a firm alliance with Washington while reaching out to Beijing."

Ahead of Park's decision, there was wide speculation that she was likely to attend the parade, given strong Sino-Korea ties in growing bilateral economic cooperation. China is Korea's No. 1 trading partner.

In addition, Beijing is regarded as the only country to exert influence on Pyongyang.

Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said in Wednesday's statement that China's potential role in the peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula also factored into the decision.

The U.S. government said Wednesday that it respects Park's decision to attend the military parade.

"Participation in these events is the sovereign decision of each country. We respect the Republic of Korea's decision," the State Department said.

The U.S. will dispatch its ambassador to China to the war anniversary event instead of sending a high-ranking government official in an apparent expression of unhappiness.

Although Park's decision is acceptable in the U.S., analysts question Korea's pursuit of balanced diplomacy between the U.S. and China behind the idea that Beijing is emerging as a rival to Washington in Northeast Asia.

"Given the fragility of China's domestic politics and economy, it doesn't seem like betting on China is very smart over the longer-term," said Jackson, also a visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

"Some in Korea, especially the 386 generation, see China's rise as inevitable and have tried to advocate for policies that treat China as a future regional hegemony. I think it's far too premature to make that kind of policy investment, however. China has questionable economic fundamentals that are exacerbated by inconsistent and opaque economic governance.

"I think it's imprudent to treat China like it's a true great power before it actually is."

Sean King, an East Asia specialist with the Park Strategies consulting firm in New York, also said that Park's trip is unfortunate as Beijing's modern day role as Pyongyang's enabler and guarantor of last resort is why Korea remains divided.

"What's more, China forcibly repatriates North Korean refugees who face certain imprisonment, or worse, at home," King said.

Park's office also said that the decision to observe the parade is affected by China's contribution to Korea's independence movement against Japanese colonial rule.

King refuted the reference, saying that China's communists came to power four years after the end of World War II.

"Who is Xi to claim victory over Imperial Japan? If anything, Park should be toasting China's displaced Nationalist government that's now on Taiwan," he said.


미국 국무부 "박 대통령 중국 열병식 참관 결정 존중"

'행사 참석은 각국의 주권적 결정사항' 논평

미국 국무부는 26일(현지시간) 박근혜 대통령이 다음 달 초 전승절 기념행사 참석차 중국 베이징을 방문하고 열병식을 참관하기로 한 결정을 존중한다는 입장을 표명했다.

국무부는 이날 연합뉴스의 논평 요청에 '행사 참석은 각국의 주권적 결정사항'이라며 '우리는 한국의 결정을 존중한다'고 밝혔다.

국무부는 또 미국 정부가 버락 오바마 대통령을 대신해 맥스 보커스 주중 미국대사를 열병식에 보내기로 한데 대해 '보커스 대사는 오바마 대통령의 특명전권대사'라며 '전쟁 당시 미국과 많은 아시아 국가들이 치른 희생을 영예롭게 만들고 모든 관련국들의 화해와 친선을 촉진하는 것에 미국이 중요성을 부여하고 있음을 보여주는 것'이라고 밝혔다.

청와대는 26일 보도자료를 통해 '박 대통령은 9월3일 오전 10시~11시30분에 톈안먼(天安門)에서 개최되는 중국 전승 70주년 기념 대회에 참석하고, 이어서 12시30분~14시 인민대회당에서 개최되는 시진핑(習近平) 국가 주석 주최 오찬 리셉션에 참석할 예정'이라고 말했다.

이는 중국의 열병식과 오찬 리셉션에 모두 참석하겠다는 것을 공식 확인한 것이다. (연합뉴스)
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