South Korea: America will not deploy nuclear weapons on our territory

South Korea: America will not deploy nuclear weapons on our territory


Baghdad / ... announced the presidential administration of South Korea, on Friday, it does not consider the issue of the redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in its territory .

"We never thought that we should deploy US nuclear weapons in our territory, " an official at the presidential office said.

The official said the government respected the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and was committed to all its policies under the system .

The statement came a day after South Korean Defense Minister Sun Young Moon met with his US counterpart James Matisse on the issue of the proliferation of nuclear weapons .

On the other hand, South Korean President Mon Jie-nen is scheduled to pay an official visit to Russia on July 6 and 7 for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the presidential office in Seoul .



The two leaders are expected to hold bilateral and expanded talks, including agreements on joint cooperation, including the development of the Far East, the North Korean nuclear issue and ways of cooperation to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula .

In the context of developments in the escalating Korean crisis, Pyongyang's launch of a ballistic missile last Tuesday sparked reactions from many countries, particularly the United States. Its president, Donald Trump, said that "dialogue with North Korea is not a solution to the Korean issue." Held by the Security Council on Wednesday, and called on Pyongyang to stop violating international resolutions .

North Korea was quick to react and criticize the UN Security Council resolution on rocket fire. The representative of the Foreign Ministry described the UN statement condemning Pyongyang's actions as "fabricated by the United States," adding that in the future, In the Pacific .

" We completely reject the statement by the President of the Security Council, in which our sovereign right to self-defense is violated ... The training for the launch of medium-range ballistic missiles is the beginning of decisive measures against the United States and South Korea joint exercises, For a military operation of our Army in the Pacific ".

On Tuesday morning, North Korea launched a missile that landed 1,880 kilometers off the Japanese coast of Hokkaido. Pyongyang said it had tested a Honsung 12 ballistic missile and Kim Jong-un attended the launch. Finished 2

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