Trump: US will stop joint drills with South Korea
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media about his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the the Capella Hotel in Singapore, June 12. EPA-Yonhap |
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will stop "provocative and expensive" war games with South Korea in a surprise reference to the joint military exercises Pyongyang has criticized as a rehearsal of invasion.
Trump made the remarks during a press conference that followed his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the Singaporean resort island of Sentosa.
"War games are very expensive," he said, raising the issue of their cost.
"I think it is very provocative...You have a country that is right next door," he added, referring to the communist state.
His remarks underscored his apparent transactional approach to diplomacy.
Amid the growing mood for reconciliation, the possibility has emerged that Seoul and Washington could consider scaling back the regular annual drills, including the summertime Ulchi Freedom Guardian.
But conservatives in the South argued that any change to the exercises plans could lead to a weakening of the security alliance, the centerpiece of deterrence against the North's possible aggression.
In the face of the North's constant protest, the allies' militaries have defended the exercises as purely defensive in nature.
During the press conference, Trump also said that North Korean leader Kim is destroying a key missile engine testing site, without specifying its location.
The destruction appears aimed at easing Washington's concerns about Pyongyang's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of targeting the U.S. mainland.
The ICBM has been a grave concern for the U.S., as the North was seen using the missile capability to keep American forces at bay and undercut the credibility of the U.S.' security commitment to its Asian allies.
Regarding the issue of 28,500 American forces stationed in the South, Trump said he wants to "bring them back home," but the issue was "not part of the equation right now."
Ahead of the summit with Kim, speculation persisted that the two sides might discuss withdrawing the U.S. troops from the South, as Pyongyang has called for the pullout as a key signal to the end of Washington's "hostile" policy to it.
Following the unprecedented summit, Trump and Kim signed a joint statement in which they agreed to craft "new" bilateral relations and make joint efforts to build a "lasting and stable" peace regime on the peninsula.
Trump and Kim arrived in Singapore on Sunday and are set to leave later on Tuesday. (Yonhap)
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