2023-04-28 10:47:49
◀ Anchor ▶
So, in order, it looks like this.
Yesterday, Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo of the Presidential Security Office said that the Korean people would feel that they were actually sharing nuclear weapons with the United States.
Then today, the President’s Office said that there was no difference in position with the United States.
Let’s take a look at why these words came and went.
Reporter Shin Soo-ah from the foreign affairs and security team is here.
Reporter Shin, First of all, what does the US side mean by saying ″No nuclear sharing″?
Should I consider drawing a line?
◀ Reporter ▶
It would be difficult to say ‘draw a line’, but the United States’ concerns and dissatisfaction with the word “nuclear sharing” came out of the mouth of a high-ranking official in our country.
As a senior White House official put it, “nuclear sharing has “grave implications.” There are important premises for nuclear sharing.
Nuclear weapons must be permanently deployed in that country.
Control, such as the management or operation of nuclear weapons, is determined through consultation between the country and the United States.
In fact, it is said that the five countries of NATO, including Germany, where US nuclear weapons are deployed, use their own military aircraft when moving US nuclear weapons.
Since there is no such content in the ‘Washington Declaration’ between Korea and the US, it is the US position that nuclear sharing is not, and it can be said that it is a lower level than NATO nuclear sharing.
◀ Anchor ▶
I guess ‘nuclear sharing’ requires a fairly strict definition.
After the US response came out, did the President’s office immediately accept that the US is right?
◀ Reporter ▶
yes. A senior official in the presidential office acknowledged that they did not share nuclear weapons, but said, “I don’t see it as a difference in position between South Korea and the United States.”
What Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo said was to the effect that extended deterrence had been strengthened to the extent that the Korean people felt that it was nuclear sharing, but the government did not evaluate it as nuclear sharing.
Even if the President’s office explains this, it seems difficult to avoid criticism that the government was trying to exaggerate the performance of this visit.
It was early this morning that the US position that it was not nuclear sharing came out.
At the people’s power leadership meeting held following that, it was argued that ″Washington Declaration should be viewed as a nuclear sharing declaration″.
Let’s listen to the remarks of Park Dae-lil, chairman of the People’s Power Policy Committee.
[박대출/국민의힘 정책위의장]
″In particular, the Nuclear Document is, in effect, the first “nuclear sharing manifesto.” NATO in 1966 was the first, this time nuclear sharing with us is the second.”
It was a situation that seemed to have made a statement without knowing the US explanation that it was not nuclear sharing.
So, there was a situation where reporters asked if they had confirmed the US position.
Let’s hear it.
[윤재옥/국민의힘 원내대표]
″<미국의 입장은 핵공유가 아니라는 건데, 저희는 지금 핵공유라고 오늘도 여러 차례 하셨고 전에도 하셨는데‥>
Alright, then I’ll check and get back to you later.″
Belatedly, an official from the People’s Power said that he did not know that the United States’ perception of nuclear sharing was like that, and that there would be no word “nuclear sharing” in the party in the future.
◀ Anchor ▶
Yesterday, following hearing the remarks from the presidential office, you went one step further from the ruling party.
Anyway, I was trying to promote the achievements excessively, but only controversy arose, but shouldn’t I still see that this visit to the United States had some achievements in terms of security?
◀ Reporter ▶
Yes, it is.
There is an area worthy of evaluation in that expansion restraint through strategic assets has been strengthened.
In particular, President Yoon Seok-yeol visited the Pentagon, the heart of the US military, and received a report directly from the US military leadership.
It was the first time for a Korean president to visit the military command and control center.
In the past, only a few people, including the British Prime Minister, visited it.
There are also concerns that the achievements of this Korea-US summit may be buried in the controversy over excessive publicity of ‘de facto nuclear sharing’.
◀ Anchor ▶
Reporter Shin Soo-ah, I heard you well.
Video editing: Jang Ye-eun
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