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China pledges to join UN efforts to punish N. Korea
中 "안보리 대북제재 결의 참여"…한중 국방정책회의서 밝혀
Posted : 2016-01-15 16:57
Updated : 2016-01-15 21:00
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Yoon Soon-ku, right, director-general at the Ministry of National Defense's international policy division, shakes hands with Chinese defense ministry's Foreign Affairs Office Director Rear-Adm. Guan Youfei during working-level defense talks between the two countries in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Friday. / Yonhap
Yoon Soon-ku, right, director-general at the Ministry of National Defense's international policy division, shakes hands with Chinese defense ministry's Foreign Affairs Office Director Rear-Adm. Guan Youfei during working-level defense talks between the two countries in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Friday. / Yonhap

By Yi Whan-woo


China has vowed to join the U.N. Security Council's (UNSC) efforts to take tougher sanctions against North Korea in response to Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, the Ministry of National Defense said Friday.

"China made clear that North Korea's fourth nuclear test is in violation of the UNSC sanctions as well as the Sept. 19 Joint Statement on Pyongyang's nuclear program," said Director-General Yoon Soon-ku at the defense ministry's International Policy Division. "And it will join the UNSC to press the North."

The announcement came after working-level defense talks between South Korea and China in Seoul, Friday.

Yoon led the South Korean delegation while the Chinese side was headed by Rear-Adm. Guan Youfei, the director of the Chinese defense ministry's foreign affairs office.

"During today's dialogue, China made it official that that it's absolutely against Pyongyang's nuclear program and tests," Yoon said.

"Beijing said it will hold on to its three principles in relation to North Korea — denuclearization, peace on the Korean Peninsula and dialogue.

"South Korea and China will work closely to settle issues on Pyongyang's nuclear program."

Yoon added Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also summoned North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae-ryong to protest Pyongyang's latest test.

This was the first defense meeting between the two nations since Jan. 6 when North Korea purportedly exploded its first hydrogen bomb in Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province.

If true, it would be the Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test following ones in 2006 and 2009 and 2013.

The UNSC imposed a set of four resolutions — 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094 — on the North between 2006 and 2013 to prevent the military regime from developing weapons of mass destruction.

The surprise test last week showed that such U.N. pressure has not been successful and the Kim Jong-un regime has advanced its nuclear technology.

North Korea has also not followed steps toward denuclearization in line with the Joint Statement made among on Sept. 19, 2005 among members of the six-party talks on its nuclear program.

China is one of the five permanent members of the UNSC and a six-party talks participant.

But it was seen that Beijing was largely reluctant to exert influence on Pyongyang due to concerns over a possible collapse of the Kim Jong-un regime and an influx of millions of refugees.

Meanwhile, the vice ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet in Tokyo today to discuss their joint response to the alleged H-bomb test.

First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam will join his two counterparts — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki.

This will be the highest level of dialogue involving the three allies since Jan. 6.

Given the serious nature of the Kim regime's nuclear ambitions, the three allies have underscored their need to bolster their joint security alliance.

They also have been urging China's to play a "constructive role" on North Korea.


中 "안보리 대북제재 결의 참여"…한중 국방정책회의서 밝혀

'北핵개발·핵실험 절대 반대…관련국 대화노력 중요'
'한중, 북핵 영향 가장 많이 받는 나라…긴밀한 소통 중요'

중국은 15일 북한의 4차 핵실험과 관련한 유엔 안전보장이사회의 대북 제재 결의에 참여하겠다는 의사를 공식적으로 밝혔다.

중국 국방부는 이날 서울 국방부 청사에서 열린 제15차 한중 국방정책실무회의에서 '북한의 4차 핵실험은 안보리 결의와 9·19공동성명을 위반한 것이기 때문에 중국도 안보리 제재 결의에 참여하겠다'고 말했다고 윤순구 국방부 국제정책관이 설명했다.

이번 국방정책실무회의에는 한국 측에서는 윤 국제정책관이, 중국 측에서는 관요페이(關友飛) 국방부 외사판공실 주임이 수석대표로 참석했다.

중국이 북한의 4차 핵실험과 관련해 안보리 제재에 참가하겠다는 의사를 공식적으로 밝힌 것은 이번이 처음이다. 중국은 과거 북한의 1∼3차 핵실험에 대한 안보리 제재에도 참가했다.

윤 국제정책관의 설명에 따르면 관 주임은 이번 회의에서 '중국은 북한의 핵개발과 핵실험에 절대 반대한다. 이 같은 중국의 입장은 대외적으로 공표했고 왕이(王毅) 외교부장이 지재룡 주중 북한 대사를 불러 전파했다'고 강조했다. 매우 강한 표현으로 북한의 핵개발과 핵실험에 대한 반대 입장을 거듭 확인한 것이다.

그러나 관 주임은 북한의 4차 핵실험에 관해 '한반도 비핵화', '한반도 평화·안정', '대화·협상을 통한 문제 해결'이라는 중국의 기존 3원칙을 재확인했다.

관 주임은 '이 문제(북한 4차 핵실험)에 대해서는 관련 각국의 대화 노력이 중요하다'며 '중국은 한국과 다방면의 긴밀한 협의로 이 문제를 처리해나가고자 한다'고 밝혔다.

관 주임은 '한국과 중국은 북한 핵문제로 가장 많은 영향을 받을 나라'라며 한중 양국의 긴밀한 소통을 거듭 강조했다.

북한의 이번 핵실험 직후 우리 국방부가 중국 국방부에 양국 국방장관간 '핫라인'(직통전화) 통화를 요청했으나 중국 측이 답을 하지 않은 데 대해서는 관 주임은 '(중국 정부에서) 북한 핵문제의 주무부처는 외교부'라는 입장을 내놓았다.

관 주임은 '(과거에도) 관련국의 (핫라인 통화) 요청이 있었지만 중국 국방부장은 북한 핵실험과 관련해 통화를 한 적이 없다'며 '한중 국방부간 긴밀한 소통·협력을 증진해나가겠다는 방침에는 변함이 없다'고 강조했다.

애초 양측은 이번 회의에서 한중 양국간 국방 교류·협력 방안을 집중적으로 협의할 계획이었으나 회의 시간 대부분을 북한의 4차 핵실험 문제를 논의하는 데 할애됐다.

이번 회의에서 우리 측은 북한의 4차 핵실험에 관한 우리 정부의 입장과 대북 확성기 방송 재개를 포함한 군사적 조치를 중국 측에 설명하고 중국의 '적극적인 역할'을 주문했다.

중국 측은 한반도 긴장을 고조시킬 수 있는 행위에 대해 우려를 표명하고 고고도미사일방어체계(사드)의 한반도 배치론에 대해서도 부정적인 입장을 밝힌 것으로 알려졌다.

관 주임은 중국 국방부가 대대적인 군사개혁을 추진하는 점을 언급하고 조직 개편이 진행 중인 상황에서 이번 회의에 예정대로 참석한 것은 중국 정부가 한중관계를 얼마나 중시하는지 보여주는 징표라고 강조했다.

한중 국방정책실무회의는 양국 국방부 국장급이 수석대표인 정례협의체로, 1995년 첫 회의가 열린 이후 거의 해마다 연말이나 연초에 한국과 중국에서 번갈아 개최돼왔다. 제14차 회의는 2014년 12월 중국에서 열렸다. (연합뉴스)
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