Nuclear Sharing Not Part of Washington Declaration With South Korea: US Official

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R) shake hands at an event at the White House in Washington on April 26, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The agreement between the United States and South Korea to strengthen U.S. extended deterrence does not constitute a “de facto nuclear sharing” between the two allies, a White House official said.

“I don’t think that we see this as a de facto nuclear sharing,” Edgard Kagan, special assistant to the president and senior director for East Asia and Oceania of the National Security Council, said Thursday.