The United States, Japan and South Korea promised this Sunday a “strong and firm” response in the event of a North Korean nuclear test, the first since 2017, a hypothesis that has returned to the news after a record series of weapons tests by Pyongyang.
“Work together”
The leaders of the three countries issued a joint statement after their trilateral meeting in Phnom Penh, in which US President Joe Biden pledged to deploy “the full range of capabilities, including nuclear” to defend his allies.
Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol “reaffirm that a South Korean nuclear test will be followed by a strong and firm response from the international community.”
The three countries “will work together to strengthen their deterrent force”, it is written.
Series of shots in early November.
Their outreach, “at an unprecedented level,” comes after North Korea carried out a series of launches in early November, including a ballistic missile that landed near South Korean territorial waters. Another North Korean ballistic missile flew over Japan in September.
Pyongyang justified its actions by the “aggressive and provocative” attitude of Seoul and Washington, which simultaneously carried out the largest military air maneuvers ever carried out between them.
Joe Biden will meet in Bali on Monday, on the sidelines of the G20, with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, with the particular intention of asking him to dissuade Pyongyang from going further.
Source: BFM TV
