Seoul (AsiaNews) - The South Korean government has proposed an agreement to share "sensitive" military information with China and Japan . This is the first time since its creation that the government of Seoul has held out his hand to the two Asian governments, against whom it fought in several wars.
A representative of the Korean government said: "We are trying to perfect a limited treaty that we have already signed with 24 nations, including Russia and Ukraine. It is a kind of axis for the sharing of military information: there is no reason not to propose it also to Beijing. "
If it were accepted, it would be the first such agreement concluded between South Korea and China, which fought alongside North Korea during the bloody Korean War in 1950. And Pyongyang could be a determining factor.
The Chinese government is in fact the last remaining ally of the Stalinist regime, which relies on an trained army and a nuclear arsenal. A military pact with Seoul could "send the wrong message - says a Chinese official - and we do not want to lose our influence over that country."
