A high-level U.S. delegation traveled to South Korea and Japan after visiting China.

 Before U.S. officials arrived in Seoul, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in advance, saying that some economic and trade policies implemented by the United States harmed the legitimate rights and interests of China and South Korea, and tried to drive a wedge between South Korea and the United States. Traditional allies.


Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Vice Minister Xie Feng met with visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific Affairs Kang Da (Daniel Kritenbrink) and White House National Security Council Senior Director for China Affairs Rosenberg on Sunday and Monday (December 11 and 12). (Laura Rosenberger) held "candid, in-depth, and constructive" talks, saying that the two sides held consultations on the implementation of the consensus reached by the two heads of state at the Bali Island meeting last month. Carried out in-depth communication on cooperation in related fields.


However, just as senior U.S. officials finished their visits to China and were preparing to visit Seoul, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi preemptively made a video call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin. On the one hand, he tried to stabilize Seoul's balanced stance toward China and the U.S. Taking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea as the background, he expressed his willingness to adhere to the general direction of good neighborliness and friendship with the South Korean side, strengthen strategic communication, and focus on win-win cooperation. . Wang Yi said that the United States has enacted the so-called chip law and the inflation reduction bill, which has damaged the legitimate rights and interests of countries including China and South Korea. He urged countries including South Korea to stand up and jointly resist such "unilateral bullying" by the United States.


The Chinese foreign ministry press release also said Wang Yi and Park Zhen also exchanged views on the situation on the Korean peninsula and international and regional issues of mutual concern but did not provide details of the discussions between the two sides on this topic.


In the past few months, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yue has repeatedly called on China to use its influence and shoulder its responsibilities as a permanent member of the Security Council to persuade North Korea to abandon its development of prohibited weapons after North Korea continued to launch missiles and openly threatened South Korea with nuclear weapons.


Yin Xiyue said in an exclusive interview with Reuters in the President's Office on November 28, "What is certain is that China has the ability to influence North Korea, and China also has the responsibility to do this."


He also said it was in China's interest to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile development programs because North Korea's actions were leading to increased defense spending by Japan and a stronger U.S. military presence in the region.


Beijing, however, has apparently failed to persuade Pyongyang to reduce its threat to South Korea, as Seoul had hoped. China once voted in favor of sanctioning North Korea in the UN Security Council, but after the deterioration of Sino-US relations, it vetoed some new proposals of additional sanctions on North Korea put forward by the United States in the Security Council this year with the privilege of a permanent member of the Security Council.


Beijing's move brings South Korea closer to its traditional ally, the United States, and to its closest security cooperation with Japan in years to coordinate a response to the North Korean threat.


South Korea's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Assistant Foreign Minister Choi Young-san met with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific Kangda who had arrived in Seoul on the same day.


On the same day, the special envoys of the United States, South Korea, and Japan in charge of North Korean affairs met in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Afterward, the three parties expressed that they would coordinate international sanctions against North Korea and plug the loopholes in the sanctions.