{"id":3989,"date":"2021-12-23T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2021-12-23T12:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:48:11","slug":"s-korea-holds-talks-with-china-amid-spat-with-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/s-korea-holds-talks-with-china-amid-spat-with-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Korea holds talks with China amid spat with Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senior South Korean diplomats will hold talks with Chinese counterparts on Thursday following a diplomatic spat with Taiwan over its cancellation of the attendance by a senior Taipei official for a business forum in Seoul last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun and aides are set to hold talks online later on Thursday with a team led by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng, the first such meeting since June 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides are expected to explore ways to reopen stalled denuclearisation talks with North Korea and discuss other bilateral, regional and global issues, Seoul officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We hope this meeting can have a positive effect on enhancing communication and mutual trust and the promotion of bilateral relations,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting comes at a delicate time as Taiwan has lodged a protest over South Korea’s revocation of its invitation sent in September for Digital Minister Audrey Tang to speak virtually at a conference last week in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taipei’s foreign ministry called the move “rude,” and summoned South Korea’s acting de facto ambassador to express its displeasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry said South Korea cited “various aspects of cross-strait issues” for its decision, but when Taiwan’s representative in Seoul separately sought an explanation, he did not receive any answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea’s foreign ministry said the decision was made by the event’s organisers based on “comprehensive considerations of all circumstances”, without elaborating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An official at Seoul’s presidential Blue House said on Wednesday that the organisers cancelled the invitation in line with “our diplomatic principles, not because of China”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our position remains unchanged that we will continue promoting unofficial economic and cultural relations, and practical exchanges through them,” the official told reporters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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