US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby. [AP=연합뉴스]
– The US’s Joe Biden administration did not express its stance on the 6th (local time) when the candidate for Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong evaluated North Korea’s willingness to denuclearize at a National Assembly personnel hearing on the 5th.
The US Department of Defense said at a hearing that “Candidate Jung said at a hearing that he is confident that North Korea is willing to denuclearize. In response to the JoongAng Ilbo’s inquiries, “Do you agree with the remarks of Candidate Chung that peace has become commonplace on the Korean peninsula?” In this response, the Ministry of Defense said, “We are clearly mindful that Pyongyang has a desire to increase its military strength. We also know exactly what such a military build-up is designed to do. Spokesman John Kirby stated, “I will try to ensure that the Korean Peninsula has the necessary readiness.” At a press conference on the 28th of last month, a spokesman for Kirby said, “I will not evaluate a specific weapon system” when asked about North Korea’s development of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
South Korea and the United States counteract over North Korean denuclearization
US “North Korea’s nuclear program is a serious threat to international peace”
– At the hearing, Candidate Chung stipulated that the breakdown of the 2nd North Korea-US summit in Hanoi in 2019 as’the responsibility of both sides’. However, the Pentagon’s official position of’Pyongyang’s military aspirations’ as an official statement of candidate Chung’s remarks such as’Peace in daily life’ and’Confirmation of intention to denuclearize’ is that North Korea’s willingness to increase military power remains unchanged, and the design goal of military power enhancement is nuclear power. He announced that there was augmentation. Although he did not directly express pros and cons to Candidate Chung’s remarks, it was no different from exposing the truth of his disagreement. This shows that the Moon Jae-in administration and the Biden administration are starting with a mixed beat over the North Korean nuclear program, North Korea-US negotiations, and inter-Korean relations.
The U.S. State Department also said that Candidate Chung emphasized President Kim Jong-un’s intention to denuclearize, “North Korea’s willingness to spread illegal nuclear and ballistic missile programs and related advanced technologies is a serious threat to international peace and security, and jeopardizes the global non-proliferation system. ”Answered. According to the Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) broadcast on the 7th, a State Department spokesman said in a comment on Chung’s remarks at the hearing, “The Biden administration assesses the threat of North Korea and can tackle this issue through close coordination with allies and partners. “We will adopt an approach,” he said. When Candidate Jung mentioned Chairman Kim’s will to denuclearize, the US State Department announced North Korea’s will to develop nuclear weapons.
The Pentagon recently emphasized the importance of combined training when the possibility of reducing or delaying combined training has been raised by repeatedly citing Korea-US combined training by Unification Minister Lee In-young. In a query by the JoongAng Ilbo, “Are you reviewing the possibility of reduction of ROK-US combined training at the request of the Korean government?”, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Manus, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, said, “Military readiness is the top priority of the defense minister. ㆍAs a primary means of ensuring Micah is ready, training is not provocative, defensive, to ensure that you are ready to fight right now tonight, and to keep the alliance ready,” he stressed the need for training. Taking this into account, it was announced that the decision on the scope, scale, and timing of the ROK-US joint training would be derived through consultation between the ROK and the US. Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]
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