"We express strong concern and disappointment." My heart was hurt by Korea, the linchpin. This is after the Korean government announced the end of the Korea-Japan Military Information Protection Agreement (GSOMIA).
Shortly after the announcement, Secretary of Defense Pompeio and Secretary of Defense Sper spoke with Secretary of Defense Kyung Kyung-hwa and Defense Minister Chung Kyung-du respectively. In official commentary from the Buddha, the water level went up. The Ministry of Defense said it would make strong comments and disappointments as it went through revised commentary, and the State Department also said, "It has a negative impact on the security interests of the alliance and represents a serious misunderstanding of the Moon Jae-in government." It's an open and direct complaint.
In terms of diplomatic terms, complaints about the other country include regret, concern, disappoint, and condemn. However, these expressions are often used to criticize human rights violations and civil wars at international and multilateral conferences. In a bilateral relationship, even if you have a complaint, it's a pity. Moreover, expressions of concern and disappointment are rarely found among alliances.
The reason the US reacts so violently is, first of all, that it infringes American interests. The United States sees China as a revisionist who challenges America's hegemony and forms a tight check in the Indo-Pacific strategy. It is argued that security-related strategic considerations also exist in the background that the US-China trade dispute does not seem to resolve. At the core of such a check is the alliance between Korea and Japan, and from the US point of view, we complain that we are going to end one of the frameworks, Jisomia.
White House National Security Advisor Bolton, who visited South Korea back and forth with Mr. Esper, and the Deputy Special Representative to North Korea, likewise, hoped to extend Jisomia, and they did not hear negative comments from the Korean government. For the United States, the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Defense have spoken enough, but the results are the opposite.
The anointing here is a statement from the Blue House official that "America also understood." The Blue House did a briefing shortly after announcing the end of the decision, saying, "We urged the United States to inevitably shut down Sosemiaa, so the United States understands our decision." US government sources denied, "It is not true that the United States understood," and said that they were dissatisfied with the Blue House's explanations on diplomatic channels in both Washington and Seoul. The Blue House evolved around the next day, when questions were asked, "It's true that the US has hoped to extend Jisomia." A diplomatic source said, "What the United States understands is that it understands where South Korea is going to review it, not that it does."
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"I express my strong concern and disappointment." This is after the Korean government announced the end of the Korea-Japan military information security agreement. Shortly after the announcement, Secretary of Defense Pompeio and Secretary of Defense Sper spoke with Secretary of Defense Kyung Kyung-hwa and Defense Minister Chung Kyung-du respectively.
Source: sbskr