Seoul:
North Korea on Wednesday criticized US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s recent visit to Beijing as a “mongering” to ease tensions in what it called a policy failure to pressure China.
In one of the most important exchanges between the US and China since US President Joe Biden took office, Blinken and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Monday and agreed to stabilize their intense rivalry so it would not spiral into conflict.
Blinken said after Monday’s meeting he urged China to encourage North Korea to stop launching missiles as Beijing is in a “unique position” to pressure Pyongyang to enter into dialogue .
Commenting on the Nordic news agency KCNA, Jong Yong Hak, who described it as an international affairs analyst, said the rare visit was to beg for tension relief as China’s “attempt to pressure and contain hold could be a boomerang.” deal a fatal blow to the American economy.”
“In short, the recent junket of the US Secretary of State can never be judged anything other than an outrageous begging from the provocateur admitting that the policy of putting pressure on China has failed,” the comment read.
The commentary said the United States was responsible for escalating regional tensions with “anti-Chinese complexes” such as the QUAD grouping with Japan, India and Australia and the AUKUS pact with Britain and Australia.
“It is the height of duplicity and insolence typical of the US to provoke first and then talk about so-called ‘responsible control over disagreements’,” the commentary read.
Daniel Kritenbrink, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs who was also on the trip to Beijing, is expected to visit South Korea on Wednesday to update Seoul officials on the two-day talks in China, reported the South Korean news agency Yonhap. .
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