US, China equally important for South Korea: FM


Source: koreatimes.co.kr koreatimes.co.kr

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Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap By Kang Seung-woo Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said Wednesday that the United States and China are equally important partners for South Korea, indicating that Seoul would not pick a side between either Washington or Beijing. The minister added that Seoul's stance is anything but "strategic ambiguity" amid the intensifying rivalry between the two powerhouses, which is raising speculation that they are trying to force South Korea to side with one of them. "The U.S. is our sole ally and we have repeatedly reaffirmed that...