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When Chairman Pelosi arrived in Korea last night (3rd), no one from our side went to the site.

In the political circles over this, there was a debate all day that the protocol was neglected.



Reporter Lee Hyun-young covered who was right and what the reaction of the United States was.



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At 9:30 last night, House Speaker Pelosi, who arrived at Osan Air Base, is the US Ambassador to Korea and the commander of the US Forces Korea.



There was no greeting from our side.



In the political arena, there was a controversy over neglect of the protocol, but the Democratic Party said it was a diplomatic disaster of the Yun Seok-yeol government,



[Oh Young-hwan / Democratic Party floor spokesperson: The Yoon Seok-yeol administration's diplomatic disrespect leads to a protocol disaster, and it is becoming a global disgrace.]



The power of the people is the main source of protocol The responsibility lies with National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, a former Democratic Party member.



[Kim Hyung-dong / Senior Spokesperson for People's Power: If there is a responsibility, both the opposition and the opposition at the level of the National Assembly Speaker and the National Assembly must bear the responsibility, and who is passing that responsibility on?

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The Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained, "It is a diplomatic custom that the foreign parliament's personnel protocol is not handled by the executive, but by its counterpart, the National Assembly."



An official from the Speaker's Office also explained, "During the working-level consultation with the US embassy in Korea, the US did not go to the airport because they wanted the schedule to be kept confidential."



If we look at what we have in common, it can be summarized that the National Assembly has already negotiated with the US side.



In fact, when I asked the US embassy for its position, they replied, "When a high-level US government official visits Korea, we cooperate closely with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs."



When he asked again how the parliamentarians were like Pelosi, not a government official, he declined to say that he would substitute the above answer.



There was also an argument over the fact that President Yoon had only a phone call with Pelosi rather than a meeting.



Within the Democratic Party, there was an opinion that it was the only thing well done not to jump into the flames of the U.S.-China conflict on the one hand, while negotiating, not meeting, making phone calls, and reversing the position one after another.



There were mixed voices saying that it is incomprehensible that the passport did not meet the first person in the parliament of the ally, and that it was a decision that considered the national interest as a whole.



(Video coverage: Kim Nam-seong, Video editing: Choi Jin-hwa)