US Vows to Defend S Korea, Japan in Wake of Pyongyang’s Rocket Launch
SputnikNews.com
09.02.2016
Washington will take steps to protect South Korea and other allies of the US in the region, the White House said in the wake of North Korea’s rocket launch.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US President Barack Obama assured the leaders of South Korea and Japan in the wake of North Korea’s weekend rocket launch that the US commitment to defend both nations and other US allies in the region was ironclad, the White House said in separate statements released on Tuesday.
“The United States stands in solidarity with the ROK [South Korea] and will take the necessary steps to fulfill our ironclad commitment to defend the ROK and our other allies in the region,” Obama told South Korean President Park Geun-hye after conversation between the two leaders on Monday night.
Obama also assured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a Monday phone conversation about the unwavering US commitment to the security of Japan.
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