South Korea and the United States will hold talks on nuclear deterrence on Dec. 15 as part of Washington's commitment to share more information with Seoul about the plan in the event of a conflict with North Korea, TVP World reported.
President Yoon Suk Yeol's office has confirmed that the second meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) will be held in Washington, five months after the group's founding meeting.
The US president and his Korean counterpart announced the creation of the NPT during a summit in April as part of a new "Washington Declaration" in which Seoul also made a new commitment not to pursue nuclear weapons of its own.
The Korean president hailed the formation of the nuclear group as an upgrade to the alliance, which aims to strengthen "extended deterrence" against the North's nuclear and missile programs.
"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of South Korea, Kim Myung-soo, held a telephone conversation with his American counterpart, Charles K. Brown," the JCS reported.
"During the conversation, the two agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats and to counter Pyongyang's deepening military ties with Russia," the committee added.
"Kim and Brown also confirmed plans by the end of this year with Japan to launch a real-time data exchange system to monitor North Korean missiles." /BGNES
