S.Korean PM Against Redeploying US Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Source: RIA Novosti
SEOUL, April 25 (RIA Novosti) - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won reiterated Seoul’s commitments to a denuclearized Korean Peninsula on Thursday and said he opposed the idea of redeploying the US tactical nuclear weapons in his country.
"The [South Korean] government remains committed to maintaining the principle of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” the Yonhap news agency quoted the minister as saying at a parliamentary session.
"While not pursuing independent nuclear sovereignty, I think [South Korea] can deter [the North's] nuclear programs by managing the extended deterrence provided by the United States," he said.
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said the North "does not appear to be able to produce miniaturized nuclear weapons and missiles to carry them," though it has been "ready to fire mid-range missiles with its own launchers."
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