The US State Department expressed concern over North Korea’s successive artillery fire in the maritime buffer zone established by an inter-Korean military agreement on September 19, but said the stance on dialogue has not changed.
The chief spokesman for the US State Department, Vedant Patel, said today, “Do you think that North Korea’s artillery fire is intended to attract international attention?” “I won’t guess what North Korea is thinking.” He said.
“It will further destabilize the situation in the region and has the potential to have an adverse impact on South Korea and Japan, where we remain in close contact on this issue,” he said.
Regarding the nuclear share claim with South Korea, he said, “President Biden said he would provide extended deterrence using a full range of capabilities, including nuclear, conventional weapons, and missile defense, and I think you’ve seen it in confirm his promise. to South Korea.”
It is interpreted as reaffirming the negative meaning of the tactical nuclear sharing debate raised by some in Korea while emphasizing the solidity of Korea’s defense commitment through extended deterrence.
“Our government has consistently said that it believes that unconditional dialogue with North Korea is central to the ultimate goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” said Patel, senior deputy spokesman.
