North Korea criticises Blinkens China visit as begging trip

North Korea criticises Blinkens China visit as begging trip

North Korea on Wednesday criticised U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken‘s latest go to to Beijing as a “begging trip” to ease tensions in what it known as a coverage failure to strain China.

At some of the vital U.S.-China exchanges since U.S. President Joe Biden took workplace, Blinken and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Monday and agreed to stabilise their intense rivalry so it didn’t veer into battle.

Blinken mentioned after the assembly on Monday that he urged China to encourage North Korea to cease launching missiles as Beijing holds a “unique position” to press Pyongyang to have interaction in dialogue.

In a commentary carried by the North’s KCNA news company, Jong Yong Hak, whom it described as a world affairs analyst, mentioned the uncommon go to was geared toward begging for the relief of tensions because the “attempt to press and restrain China may become a boomerang striking a fatal blow to the U.S. economy.”

“In a word, the U.S. state secretary’s recent junket can never be judged otherwise than a disgraceful begging trip of the provoker admitting the failure of the policy of putting pressure on China,” the commentary mentioned.

The commentary mentioned the United States was answerable for escalating regional tensions with “anti-China complexes,” such because the QUAD grouping with Japan, India and Australia and the AUKUS pact with Britain and Australia.

“It is the height of the double-dealing and impudence peculiar to the U.S. to provoke first and then talk about the so-called ‘responsible control over divergence of opinion,'” the commentary mentioned.

Daniel Kritenbrink, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs who was additionally on the Beijing journey, is anticipated to go to South Korea on Wednesday to temporary Seoul officers on the 2 days of talks in China, South Korea’s Yonhap news company reported.

Source: www.anews.com.tr