South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol will visit the US for the summit with Joe Biden, the President of the US.
It will be his first state visit to the US by a South Korean president since 2011 and will mark the 70th anniversary of the countries’ alliance.
Ahead of his visit, he stated the willingness to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, saying “it might be difficult for us to insist only on humanitarian or financial support.”
In his interview on April 19, to the question that “the allies would envision an Asian version of NATO’s nuclear planning group involving Japan,” including the establishment of the US-Japan-South Korea Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group (EDSCG), he responded with provoking that “stronger measures than what NATO has should be prepared.”
Saying that “If a nuclear war breaks out between South and North Korea, this is probably not just a problem between the two sides, but the entire Northeast Asia would probably turn to ashes,” he added that he will seek “tangible outcomes” on the allies’ efforts to improve responses to evolving threats from North Korea, during this summit.
