South Korea seeks to assert itself between America and China

Correspondent in Beijing

Moon Jae-in said yes to Donald Trump. The South Korean president is the first leader to have accepted the controversial invitation to an enlarged G7 summit, launched by the White House, during a telephone interview on June 1. Seoul seized the ball launched also to Australia, India, Russia and Brazil, overtaking the club capitals, which remained more circumspect. Relying on its efficient management of the Covid epidemic, the fourth largest economy in Asia is pushing its pawns in a volatile geopolitical environment under the watchful eye of its imposing neighbors, China and Japan.

This new new format wanted by Washington aims to become permanent in the eyes of the Blue House, the presidential palace hung on the heights of the South Korean capital. Participation in this uncertain summit scheduled for September on American soil, " means that South Korea formally becomes a member of a new system

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