SEOUL – South Korea and the United States are discussing joint planning and implementation of operations involving US nuclear belongings to counter North Korea’s threats, Seoul’s presidential workplace mentioned on Tuesday.
The assertion got here shortly after US President Joe Biden mentioned the United States was not discussing joint nuclear workouts with South Korea, contradicting earlier remarks by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in an interview with an area newspaper.
“In order to respond to the North Korean nuclear weapons, the two countries are discussing joint ways to share information on the operation of US-owned nuclear assets, and joint planning and joint execution of them accordingly,” Yoon’s press secretary, Kim Eun-hye, mentioned in an announcement.
Kim mentioned President Biden “had no choice but to say ‘No'” as a result of he was merely requested if the 2 international locations had been “discussing nuclear war games,” whereas joint nuclear workouts can solely be held between nuclear weapons states. —Reuters
