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."