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| Changes to be made to South Korean Treaty? |
| 2004-06-09 |
| Excerpted from the daily press brief. Noting definite here but this is the first I have seen of this possibility. QUESTION: Talk to you about South Korea. It is reported U.S. and South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty is to be changed and/or modified. What is your comment on that? MR. ERELI: We have been in discussions with the Republic of Korea for some time on the future of the alliance, and this covers a wide range, a wide variety of aspects, to the alliance. Those discussions have been conducted with the Department of Defense and their South Korean counterpart, so I’d refer you to the Department of Defense for details on the discussions. However, in general terms, I think what’s important to point out here is that in South Korea as well as a number of other countries around the world, we have been consulting with friends and allies about our global force posture, about where our troops and defense assets are, and where they should be in the future in order to respond to global threats. We’ve made no final decisions as a result of these consultations, and very importantly, we are committed to maintaining, as far as the Korean Peninsula is concerned, our deterrent capability and our strong alliance with the Republic of Korea. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #1 Damn, it's like somebody on RB said the other day tongue-in-cheek! We are redrawing the Pacific defense perimeter ala 1949! Tokyo-Manilla-Darwin, this time I'm for it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-09 9:54:24 AM |