The US Secretary of State informed South Korea’s foreign minister Park Jin that he had an open, realistic, and fruitful discussion with the Chinese side and that he wanted to provide as much information as possible about the outcomes of his visit.
According to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken contacted South Korea, a crucial ally, on Saturday to discuss the outcomes of his visit to China earlier this month.
According to a ministry statement, Blinken informed South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin that he had an open, realistic, and productive conversation with the Chinese side and wanted to provide as much information as possible about the outcomes of his visit.
According to the ministry, Blinken and Park vowed to keep in touch about their connections with China and to appeal to Beijing to support North Korea’s decision to stop provocations and denuclearize.
The two sides agreed to stabilize their strong competition so that it does not devolve into confrontation during Blinken’s visit to China, when he visited President Xi Jinping and other key officials, but there was no significant progress made.
State-run media KCNA said on Saturday that North Korea criticized Blinken for attempting to persuade China to put pressure on Pyongyang to disarm and warned that it would respond “more overwhelmingly and aggressively” to any more assertive military action taken by the United States on the Korean Peninsula.
Blinken’s “threats” to exert pressure on Pyongyang via China reflect a “dangerous hegemonic mentality,” according to a North Korean official in the foreign ministry quoted by KCNA.
The US was criticized by KCNA for putting “peace and security” at danger by delivering military equipment, including a nuclear-powered submarine, to the Korean Peninsula.
Last week, less than an hour after Pyongyang issued a warning on a response to military maneuvers by South Korean and US forces, North Korea launched two short-range missiles off its east coast.
International sanctions are in place on the remote nation because of its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.
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