The United States and South Korea intend to waive their joint large-scale maneuvers in the spring. Your attitude is apparently an attempt to reinforce the relaxation signals in the conflict with North Korea. The leadership in Pyongyang sees the regular military exercises as a provocation and preparation for Invasion. the
set The United States and South Korea have decided not to North Korea, sharply criticized the joint military exercises. The field maneuvers “Foal Eagle” – the largest annual military exercises – will be just as finished as the command training “Key Resolve,” said the U.S. defense Department on Saturday evening. The close cooperation of the armed forces of both countries with a view to safety risks will be maintained, as well as the military’s willingness to take action, it said. It is now the military Exercises would be planned in a reduced scale.
The decision reflects the desire to ease tensions and to support diplomatic efforts for a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
had Previously phoned the head of the Pentagon Patrick Shanahan with the South Korean defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo. In their conversation went, according to the conclusions of the recent summit meeting between US President Donald Trump, and North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong-un in Hanoi.
Washington and Seoul have denied the attack preparations always
The United States and South Korea have held in the past years, regular military exercises, your readiness for a conflict on the Korean test Peninsula. Their spring maneuvers violent protests by the leadership of North Korea’s triggered again and again, was the U.S. attack preparations. The governments in Washington and Seoul have denied this. The setting of Exercises should serve to strengthen the relaxation signals in the conflict with North Korea.
the termination of The annual spring maneuvers serve the diplomatic efforts to a complete denuclearization of the Korean advance Peninsula, said the South Korean defense Ministry, the national news Agency Yonhap said.
The much-anticipated summit between Trump and Kim ended on Thursday, surprisingly, without a final Declaration. Both sides came into the Central question of the removal of the North Korean nuclear Arsenal, not closer to, and contradicted later in the grounds. Trump said, North Korea demanded the lifting of all sanctions and the planned disarmament steps have not gone far enough. North Korea’s foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said his country had only called for a partial lifting of the sanctions.
