"This NATO summit is the signal of a new Cold War"... What is the Yoon administration's task?

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Let's summarize this NATO summit with reporter Kim Min-jung covering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[Reporter Kim Min-jung: In one line, the post-Cold War era is over and it is a signal that announces the new Cold War.

NATO, which consists of the United States, Canada and Europe, has brought Russia and China together, pointing out that closeness between the two countries is against NATO's values ​​and interests.

It was a clear indication of the will to confront the faction.

It was evaluated that it was a reproduction of the East-West Cold War, that is, the Ice Age, which formed after the Second World War until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.]

[Reporter Min-Jung Kim: As you may have seen in the previous report, the presidential office picked NATO's support for resolving the North Korean nuclear issue and normal sales diplomacy centered on nuclear power and defense industries as achievements.

It can be said that the NATO invitation was laid out like this for President Yun Seok-yeol.

The opposite is true, of course.

They were in a situation where they had to endure the backlash from China and Russia, who were on opposite sides of the new Cold War.

The range of gains and losses can also vary depending on the form of the backlash, including security and economy.]

[Reporter Kim Min-jung: China poured out warnings like "Korea, Japan, etc., do not stand under NATO's dangerous walls".

Depending on the response of China, a key trading partner, the process of market diversification into Europe may fail and be severely turbulent.

China's cooperation is essential even in the North Korean issue, which is the core of the Korean Peninsula risk.]

[Lee Soo-hyung/Senior Research Fellow, National Security Strategy Institute (NATO expert): It is important to maintain our diplomatic line considering the peculiarities of the Korean Peninsula.

We need to be wary of and avoid the dichotomous thinking that recognizes or concludes that security cooperation with NATO is a line to contain China.]

[Reporter Kim Min-jung: So, get on the U.S.-centered order, your ally, take care of yourselves, but participate in military cooperation aimed at China or participate in military cooperation targeting China.

The common opinion of

experts

is that we should avoid raising an outright anti-Chinese flag in the form of discussing the Taiwan issue and continue to send a clear and continuous message that it is not a dimension to exclude China.

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