Tillerson’s unfruitful visit
성과없이끝난틸러슨순방
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first Asian visit since taking office ended last week without any significant outcome in resolving the grave security situation in Northeast Asia.
렉스틸러슨미국무장관의취임후첫아시아순방이 동북아시아의 중대한안보위기해소를위한획기적인방안을내놓지못한채지난주마감됐다.
Not only that, Tillerson sparked concerns about the future of Korea-U.S. ties under the Donald Trump administration. Some of Tillerson’s remarks at an interview with the U.S. media were problematic.
이뿐만아니라틸러슨장관은트럼프행정부하에서한미관계의앞날에대한우려를낳았다.틸러슨장관의미국언론인터뷰발언중일부에문제가있었다.
First, Tillerson called Japan the “most important ally in the region” because of the “size of its economy and from the standpoint of security issues” during an interview with the Independent Journal Review. In contrast, he defined Korea as “an important partner relative to stability of Northeast Asia.”
먼저인디펜던트저널리뷰라는인터넷매체와의인터뷰에서그는‘경제적규모와안보의관점에서’일본을`아시아에서가장중요한동맹’이라고한반면한국은`동북아안정과연관된중요한파트너’로묘사했다.
These remarks were also misunderstood by some local media that the new U.S. administration has declared that it places a higher priority on its alliance with Japan than with Korea.
이발언을두고미국이한국보다일본과의동맹관계를더중요시한다고선언한것이라는해석이일부국내매체에서보도되기도했다.
The U.S. State Department explained that such a view is untrue, saying that the U.S. considers both countries “vitally important to the United States” during a March 20 press briefing. 3월 20일
미 국무부는 언론 브리핑에서 이러한 시각은 사실이 아니며 양국이다미국에매우중요하다고해명했다.
Second, Tillerson’s reaction to questions about why he skipped dinner with his Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se raised some strong questions about diplomatic protocol.
또문제가된것은왜한국에서윤병세 외교장관과 만찬을하지않았는지묻는질문에대한틸러슨장관의반응이외교관례에어긋난다는점이다.
“They never invited us for dinner, then at the last minute they realized that optically it wasn’t playing very well in public for them, so they put out a statement that we didn’t have dinner because I was tired,” Tillerson said in the interview.
그는“그들은우리를초대하지 않았다. 만찬을하지않은것이국민들눈에좋게보이지않을것을우려해서내가피곤해서저녁을하지않은것이라는성명을낸것”이라고말했다.
Tillerson openly blamed the Korean side for lying about his dinner plans.
즉틸러슨장관은저녁만찬과관련해한국측이거짓말을한것이라고 공개적으로비난한것이다.
This is no way to behave for the chief U.S. diplomat.
이는미국무장관이할만한행동은아니다.
The former ExxonMobil CEO should learn more about how to conduct himself as “America’s face to the world,” a phrased used by former U.S. President George W. Bush to describe the immense responsibility of the office of the U.S. secretary of state. CEO를
엑슨모빌 지낸틸러슨장관은조지 W. 부시전미국대통령이 `세계에서 미국을대표하는 얼굴’이라고 한막대한임무를수행하는 국무장관으로서 어떻게행동해야하는지좀더배워야한다.
The main fault lies with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for not smoothly arranging a dinner for Yun and the new U.S. secretary of state’s first visit to Seoul.
취임후한국을처음방문하는틸러슨장관을위한윤장관과의만찬을순조롭게준비하지못한우리외교부의잘못도적지않다.
Yun’s tenure is running out with the removal of his former boss Park Geunhye from office and the subsequent May 9 presidential election.박근혜전대통령이 탄핵되고, 이에따라 5월 9일 대선이치러지는상황에서윤장관은퇴임을앞두고있다.
Nonetheless, a dinner for Yun and Tillerson should have been arranged despite political circumstances to reflect the all-weather friendship of the two countries.
그럼에도 불구하고 양국의 굳건한 우정을 생각한다면 정치적인 상황과 상관없이 양국장관만찬일정을잡았어야했다.