Biden affirms that both countries face “threats from North Korea”
The American President, Joe Bidenhas said that he and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeolcommitted themselves at the summit held in Sel to continue strengthening the “deterrent posture” on the peninsula in the face of the “threats” posed by North Korea.
Biden has stated that the two discussed various regional security issues “including dealing with threats posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (official name of the Republic of Korea). North Korea) by further strengthening our deterrence posture and working towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
North Korea has not shown in the last two years any interest in resuming the disarmament dialogue despite repeated offers of USA and, after approving a weapons modernization plan last year, it has carried out a record number of missile launches this year and is ready to carry out its first nuclear test since 2017.
For his part, Yoon said that the “nuclear and missile capabilities of North Korea they advance every day”, that both leaders share “a deep concern about it” and that for this reason they have agreed to deploy “US strategic assets” on the peninsula without adding specific details.
The South Korean president said that both also agreed that the military exercises of the two countries, which North Korea considers a test to invade its territory, “they should be expanded” to face Pyongyang’s weapons advances.
Conflict in Ukraine
Biden He also spoke of the shared mission of both allies when it comes to “defending democratic values and the rule of law” and thanked the South Korean support “for the people of Ukraine“, emphasizing that the “Russian invasion is an attack on democracy, sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The mandatary American He also said that he and Yoon again stressed the need to promote “stability in the Taiwan Strait and freedom of navigation, including the South China Sea.”
Biden has highlighted the analyzes that point to the US growing more this year than China, he warned that “it is never a good bet to bet against the US.” and again underlined the importance of strengthening supply chains, one of the main points of the visit of the tenant of the White House to Asia.
The two leaders promised to cooperate through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), an initiative to strengthen commercial ties between USA and Asia seen by many as trying to sideline Beijing.
Many critics also believe that it does not really offer any real incentives to access the US market and continues along the protectionist lines of its predecessor. BidenDonald Trump.
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George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism