The planned dock visits are a key element of what's being dubbed the 'Washington Declaration,' aimed at deterring North Korea from carrying out an attack on its neighbor.
PUBLISHED 7:15 AM ET Apr. 26, 2023President Joe Biden welcomed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to the White House on Wednesday for a state visit, as the two leaders were poised to sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years.
The two leaders will hold a joint news conference Wednesday afternoon before the Bidens host a state dinner at the White House This years marks 70 years since the end of the Korean War, in which U.S. troops fought in support of South Korea. The nations have been allies ever since. “There, I saw the epitaph that reads, ‘Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met,’” Yoon said in Korean. “Why did they sacrifice their lives for this faraway country and for the people they never met? That was for one noble cause: to defend freedom.”Yoon said he came to the U.S. to celebrate the 70th anniversary of what he described as “a global alliance for the freedom, peace and prosperity around the world.
The two leaders will hold a joint news conference Wednesday afternoon. Then Biden and his wife, Jill, will host a state dinner for Yoon and South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee on Wednesday night.Biden and Yoon will sign the nuclear submarine agreement, a conspicuous show of support to Seoul amid growing concern about nuclear threats by North Korea, according to senior Biden administration officials.
The agreement seeks to allay South Korean fears over the North's aggressive nuclear weapons program and to ward off the country from restarting its own nuclear program, which it gave up nearly 50 years ago when it signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The U.S. and South Korea also would coordinate more deeply on nuclear response strategy in the event of the North attacking the South — but operational control of such weapons would remain in U.S.
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