Friday, January 21, 2011

Obama Hu Jintao threatens to reinforce the military presence in Asia

At the gala dinner that the U.S. president Barack Obama offered his Chinese counterpart on the occasion of his visit reigned a much more relaxed than yesterday met Chinese President in the House of Representatives and the Senate. But now it has emerged that at a private dinner at the White House after the two leaders Obama's words were not so kind.

U.S. President Hu Jintao has warned that if no reinforced its pressure on North Korea The White House will be forced to send more troops to Asia to guard against a possible North Korean attack on U.S. soil, has informed a senior official in the Obama Administration quoted by The New York Times.

United States is stepping up the same stance it took, like the rest of the international community after the bombing of a South Korean island Pyongyang last November. U.S. wants China to stop being the only country that supports North Korea, which has proposed a meeting between the Minister of Defense of the two Koreas to ease tension in the zone-proposal accepted by Seoul.

Obama reported to Hu for the first time this message by phone last month and repeated it because of the private dinner held on Tuesday in Washington. In this regard, he noted that will have long-term measures, such as deploying more troops or increase in military maneuvers in Northeast Asia.

The aim would be to communicate to Pyongyang that any threat would cause a response from Washington, as the anonymous source. United States points to a triple threat from North Korea, consisting of the uranium enrichment program, the production of plutonium bombs and intercontinental ballistic missile development.

China was angered last year when the U.S. sent the aircraft carrier George area Washingtonpara participate in joint exercises with South Korea shortly after North Yeonpyeong attacked with missiles, attack in which four people were killed two civilians and two soldiers. Hu Jintao reactions to this warning is unknown.

Perhaps transcends anything else on the trip next week will make a delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State, James B. Steinberg, who will visit Tokyo and Seoul to report on the results of Hu's visit to the United States. For now advirió Hu Jintao yesterday in a speech at the China Business Council, Washington United States warned that the good bilateral relations depend on respect for the sovereignty of their country on issues such as conflicts of Taiwan and Tibet.

"It is clear that our two countries have never had so many interests and responsibilities as now," leaving the door open to discuss issues like the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, the Iranian nuclear program and climate change.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 4:44 AM

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