The United States and South Korea signed a joint plan for nuclear deterrence aimed at improving cooperation “amid the growing nuclear and missile threat of North Korea”.
According to the press service of the Presidential Administration of South Korea, during a meeting in Washington, US President Joe Biden and President of South Korea Yun Sok Yol called a step taken against North Korea, “huge progress.”
senior representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the two countries signed a joint plan for nuclear deterrence in order to strengthen cooperation “against the growing nuclear and missile threat of Pyongyan” on the Korean Peninsula, follows from the message.
Any nuclear attack of North Korea against the south will be met by a “quick, crushing and decisive answer,” emphasized in the document.
The leaders of the two countries emphasized that the document will provide a “foundation for strengthening on a comprehensive basis of American-Corean expanded deterrence.” Details of the nuclear deterrence plan of South Korea and the United States are not disclosed.