TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The US and South Korea today vowed to strengthen their alliance through defence cooperation to fight the threats posed by North Korea with President Donald Trump giving a “conceptual approval” to sell Seoul American military equipment worth billions of dollars.
On Tuesday, North Korea fired a missile over Japan, prompting Trump to insist that “all options were on the table” in an implied threat of pre-emptive military action. Trump in a phone call with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in discussed a coordinated response to deal with the “destabilising and escalatory behaviour” of North Korea, the White House said.
“Trump and Moon pledged to continue to apply strong diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea and to make all necessary preparations to deter and defend against the growing threat posed by North Korea,” it said. The two leaders agreed to strengthen the alliance through defence cooperation and to strengthen South Korea’s defence capabilities.
“Trump provided his conceptual approval of planned purchases by South Korea of billions of dollars in American military equipment,” the White House said.
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