The night before South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol returned to South Korea from his trip to the Netherlands, South Korea's ** released an exclusive report on the 14th that before Yoon Suk-yeol's visit to the Netherlands, the Dutch side summoned South Korean Ambassador to the Netherlands Choi Xin-chan to express concern about the excessive demands made by the South Korean side in security and protocol work. On the 15th, South Korea denied the relevant reports, saying that this was just part of the communication.
On the 14th, a number of sources familiar with the situation were quoted as saying that the Netherlands summoned Cui Xincan and listed some specific examples of dissatisfaction. For example, the South Korean side asked the Dutch side to provide information such as the size of the elevator at the place of visit, citing security needs. According to the report, in the process of preparing for the visit of the state leader, it is not uncommon for the two sides to privately ask for each other's understanding when there are differences of opinion and mutual refusal. However, South Korean diplomatic sources revealed that the Dutch side has repeatedly tried to consult and coordinate with the South Korean side through diplomatic channels on the unacceptable parts, but the situation has not improved, so the ambassador has been summoned for the sake of expression.
A source commented that it is rare to summon the other side's ambassador** before the visit of the leader of the other country. Yoon Suk-yeol's visit to the Netherlands to establish the South Korea-Netherlands "Semiconductor Alliance" was hailed by many Korean media, which opened a new era of relations between the two countries, which is of great significance. However, there are also voices in South Korea that internal communication and professionalism should be strengthened to prevent similar situations from happening again.
South Korea denied the report on the 15th. East Asia** and Yonhap News Agency quoted South Korea*** as explaining that there will be differences of opinion on protocol arrangements between countries, so it is common practice to coordinate and eliminate differences through repeated consultations, and then organize the event well. South Korea believes that the meeting between the Dutch side and the South Korean ambassador is for "consultation" in the usual sense, not for "summoning" for **.
As for the explanation of South Korea, some Koreans don't seem to buy it. "Seoul News" said on the 15th that even if you accept the explanation of *** in its entirety, it is impossible to fully understand why the embarrassing scene of "summoning the ambassador" still occurs after such a long period of close consultation. (Han Wen).
*: Global Times.