2024-04-21 21:07:09
Regarding the possibility of not being invited to the G7 summit, the President’s Office said on the 20th, “The invitation does not have any significant implications or variables in strengthening cooperation with the G7.”
An official from the President’s Office said this in a phone call with News 1 this afternoon, saying, “It is customary for the G7 summit to have different invitees for each meeting depending on the main discussion agenda of the host country.”
This official explained, “It is my understanding that Italy plans to focus on the issue of African and Mediterranean migrants, which are directly related to its domestic politics, during discussions at this year’s G7 summit.”
He said, “I understand that Italy, this year’s chair country, selects the countries to be invited in connection with its main agenda.”
An official from the Presidential Office also said, “There is currently no official announcement from the host country, Italy, regarding the invited country,” but added, “Our position is that we respect the decision of the hosting country.”
According to multiple diplomatic sources, Korea was ultimately excluded from the list of invited countries for the G7 summit to be held in Puglia, Italy from June 13th to 15th.
In response to this, the Democratic Party of Korea criticized the government, saying that biased foreign and security policies were the cause, and urging the government to change its tone to pragmatic diplomacy centered on national interests.
Kang Seon-woo, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, pointed out in a written briefing that day, “The ‘G7 Plus diplomacy’ of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, which promised to strengthen the country’s international status under the banner of a ‘global pivotal nation,’ has been overshadowed.”
Spokesperson Kang said, “We have strengthened solidarity with Western countries, including the U.S. and Japan, even at the expense of relations with China, but this result is truly devastating.”
In addition, “The Yoon Seok-yeol government is virtually excluded from important meetings to discuss the urgent international situation, such as the war in Ukraine, the Middle East situation, and the new Cold War on the Korean Peninsula,” he said. “Reflect on this and change your policy stance to pragmatic diplomacy centered on national interests,” he urged.
Meanwhile, the G7, a group of advanced countries made up of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, and Canada, is not a formal organization with a charter or secretariat, unlike the United Nations (UN) or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The G7 rotates every year to select a chair country and invite leaders of non-G7 countries and international organizations at the chair country’s discretion.
Since 2020, Korea has been invited to the G7 summit a total of three times (2020, 2021, and 2023).
President Yoon Seok-yeol was invited to the G7 summit held in Hiroshima, Japan last year and conducted summit diplomacy.
(Seoul = News 1)
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2024-04-21 21:07:09