US, S Korea Should Not Refuse From Joint Military Drills - Gottemoeller

© AFP 2023 / JUNG Yeon-Je US soldiers take a position during their drill at a military training field in the border city of Paju on March 7, 2017. The US military has begun deploying the THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system to South Korea, US Pacific Command said, with its first elements arriving on March 6, to protect against threats from North Korea
US soldiers take a position during their drill at a military training field in the border city of Paju on March 7, 2017. The US military has begun deploying the THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system to South Korea, US Pacific Command said, with its first elements arriving on March 6, to protect against threats from North Korea - Sputnik International
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The NATO Deputy Secretary General says the joint US, South Korea military drills can not be 'traded off' against DPRK nuclear tests.

BLED (Slovenia), (Sputnik) — NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller said Tuesday she did not believe it was necessary for the United States and South Korea to give up joint military exercises in connection with the deterioration of the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

Russia and China have proposed the idea of "double freezing" — the termination of drills of US allies in exchange for the suspension of Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests.

"I don't agree that we can somehow trade off the exercise program that the United States and RK conduct against DPRK testing program for both missiles and nuclear weapons," Gottemoeller said.

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