President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reaffirmed, yesterday, the U.S.-ROK Washington Declaration in April 2023 and the Nuclear Consultation Group that it established. The “progress” made since then “demonstrates the truly global, comprehensive, strategic alliance between the two countries, the ever-stronger mutual defense relationship, and our shared interest in peace, stability, and the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” the White House statement [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/11/joint-statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-of-the-united-states-of-america-and-president-yoon-suk-yeol-of-the-republic-of-korea-on-u-s-rok-guidelines-for-nuclear-deterrence-and-nuclear-operations-o/] claims.
Over at the Pentagon, US and South Korean defense officials signed the “United States and Republic of Korea Guidelines for Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Operations on the Korean Peninsula,” which “provide principles and procedures to assist Alliance policy and military authorities in maintaining an effective nuclear deterrence policy and posture.”
