Chinese Déjà vu: Call for Emergency 6-Way Meeting – Seriously?
Duyeon Kim | Nov 28, 2010 |
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2010.11.28 Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, who advises top Chinese officials on foreign policies, meets South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul.
China’s proposal for “emergency consultations” among envoys to the Six-Party Talks in early December is reminiscent of an all-too familiar recent past. Beijing claims the meeting is to prevent further escalation between the two Koreas. But don’t get your hopes up just yet.
Wu Dawei, chief Chinese nuclear negotiator on CCTV:
"The Chinese side, after careful studies, proposes having emergency consultations among the nuclear envoys in early December in Beijing to exchange views on major issues of concern to the parties at present…”
Such words should be cautiously analyzed because it may be a veiled attempt to outwardly resume the Six-Party Talks but, in fact, evade any responsibility to influence North Korea regarding Pyongyang’s latest two attacks on the South. Beijing appears to be trying to elicit pre-Six Party Talks before the real thing. Click "Read More."
China, North Korea, Emergency 6-Party Talks, Yeonpyeong Island attack, South Korea (all tags)
