Taiwan is included in the 108 invited countries… Invitation letter to countries controversing about the retreat of democracy, such as the Philippines
Biden plans to rally alliances and confirm global leadership against authoritarianism such as China and Russia
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Baek Na-ri = South Korea was invited to the Democracy Summit to be held by video from December 9-10 to check in on China and Russia by US President Joe Biden, Reuters reported on the 7th (local time). did.
The news agency, citing a source, said that the invited countries were about 100 countries, and US allies such as South Korea and Japan were invited to the summit in Asia, but Thailand and Vietnam were not included in the invitation list.
The KCNA added that countries such as France and Sweden, which are evaluated as mature democracies, as well as countries whose democracy is criticized as being threatened, such as the Philippines and Poland, were invited.
In the Middle East, Israel and Iraq were invited, but Turkey and Egypt were not on the list.
108 countries were included in the invitation list recently obtained by the US political media outlet Politico. Twenty-one countries from the East Asia Pacific region and 37 countries from Europe entered the region.
China and Russia were not on the list, but Taiwan was included. If the report is correct, it is expected that China, which is concerned about strengthening relations between Taiwan and the United States, will object to the ‘one China’ principle.
Hosting the Democratic Summit was one of President Biden’s presidential campaign promises. It is an event that aims to unite democracies around the world to fight the authoritarian system, and Korea, Japan, and European countries, which are major US allies, have been mentioned as invited targets.
President Biden’s vision is to organize a new high-level event called the Democracy Summit, which will unite allies and partners against the expansion of China and Russia and solidify America’s global leadership.
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However, as invitations have been sent to countries such as the Philippines and Poland, questions are being raised mainly by private organizations working to protect democracy and human rights, the news agency reported.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a person who has consistently taken an authoritarian move since he took office, publicly stating that he does not care about human rights. Poland has also been criticized for undermining freedom of the press and pushing back democracy with legislation that infringes on the rights of LGBT people.
As the United States is promoting the Democratic Summit with its own interests in mind, such as a joint response to the rise of China and Russia’s influence, countries that appear to be at odds with democratic values are also included in the list of participants.
Amy Hawthorne, director of the ‘Middle East Democracy Project’, a private group, pointed out, “It is clear that strategic considerations about China’s response have played a role in the invitation of very problematic countries close to China, such as India and the Philippines.”
A high-ranking US official explained that countries with different experiences of democracy in each region were invited, and explained, “It was not organized by saying, ‘Your country is democracy and not your country’.”
The United States, which has suffered from allegations of election manipulation by former President Donald Trump and the intrusion of supporters into Congress, will also make promises to fulfill at the Democratic Summit, another U.S. official told the news agency.
“In all diplomatic communication surrounding the summit, we will start with a place of humility and acknowledge that no democracy, including the United States, is perfect,” the official said.
nari@yna.co.kr
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