US President Biden Says The U.S. Is Not Discussing Nuclear Exercises With South Korea, Contradicting President Yoon

 

Reuters: Biden says U.S. not discussing nuclear exercises with South Korea 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is not discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea, President Joe Biden said on Monday, contradicting remarks by his South Korean counterpart as tensions flare with North Korea.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had said that Seoul and Washington are discussing possible joint exercises using U.S. nuclear assets, while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un branded the South its "undoubted enemy". 

"No," Biden said when asked by reporters at the White House if he was currently discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea. 

He had just returned from a vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he was accompanied by his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan.  

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WNU Editor: The U.S. and South Korea are definitely not on the same page .... South Korea says talks under way over U.S. nuclear operations planning (Reuters). 

US President Biden Says The U.S. Is Not Discussing Nuclear Exercises With South Korea, Contradicting President Yoon 

US Not Discussing Nuclear Exercises With South Korea, Biden Says -- VOA  

US in Talks With Seoul on Deterring North Korea From Using Nukes -- Bloomberg  

Joe Biden rejects South Korea nuclear exercises suggestion with firm ‘no’ -- NYPost  

Biden denies US in talks on nuclear exercises with South Korea -- Al Jazeera

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