The american president Joe Biden will soon complete two months at the head of the White House. For all these weeks, the Democratic leader has not officially spoken to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un that his predecessor had met several times between 2017 and 2020. Instead of a dialogue, we rather saw the American and South Korean soldiers resume the spring exercises interrupted last February because of the problems related to the Covid- 19. Maneuvers that displease Pyongyang. Earlier this week the sister of the North Korean leader warned the United States against any act of provocation.
She sees these exercises as a repetition of invasion. “ We take this opportunity to warn the new US administration that is working to smell powder in our country … If he (Joe Biden) wants to sleep in peace for the next four years. It is better to refrain from causing a stench from the first step ” said in a statement the powerful Kim Yo Young. The document was relayed by the official press agency KCNA. At a recent press conference in Seoul, the US Secretary of Defense discussed the US military’s commitment to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the importance of maintaining military readiness .
North Korean nuclear and ballistic issues were “A priority for the alliance”
“Our force remains ready to ‘fight tonight’ and we continue to move forward towards the eventual transition from wartime operational control to future Combined Forces Command (with the Republic of South Korea) … Even though the meeting of all the conditions for this transition will take longer I am convinced that this process will strengthen our alliance ” Lloyd Austin said. There was also a meeting between Austin, the secretary of state Antony Blink and the South Koreans. After these exchanges, the two sides issued a joint statement to indicate that the North Korean nuclear and ballistic issues were “A priority for the alliance” and reaffirmed a common commitment to address these issues.
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