{"id":2203153,"date":"2023-12-18T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2203153"},"modified":"2023-12-17T20:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T11:21:51","slug":"washington-and-seoul-rush-to-cement-nuclear-pact-before-2024-us-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/12\/washington-and-seoul-rush-to-cement-nuclear-pact-before-2024-us-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington and Seoul rush to cement nuclear pact before 2024 US elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. and the ROK <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20231216000254315\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Friday to finalize guidelines for a joint nuclear strategy by mid-2024, according to South Korea\u2019s principal deputy national security adviser Kim Tae-hyo. This decision was taken during the second <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/12\/16\/joint-press-statement-on-nuclear-consultative-group-meeting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuclear Consultative Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NCG) meeting at the Pentagon. The guidelines will cover sharing sensitive nuclear information, security system establishment, nuclear crisis consultation procedures and operation of a real-time leader-level communication channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NCG session, which lasted over seven hours, also saw agreement on incorporating nuclear operation scenarios into the 2024 military exercises, including Ulchi Freedom Shield. Additionally, the U.S. has committed to providing \u201cin-depth\u201d nuclear education to South Korean officials next year. The third NCG meeting is scheduled to be held in South Korea next summer as part of the ongoing efforts under the Washington Declaration to enhance the credibility of extended deterrence against North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The agreement between the U.S. and South Korea to finalize joint nuclear strategy guidelines by mid-2024 signifies a joint effort to enhance deterrence capabilities in response to North Korea\u2019s evolving <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2023\/12\/north-korea-could-launch-icbm-soon-top-south-korean-official-says\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nuclear and missile threats<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This initiative, part of the NCG, is an ongoing effort by Washington to reassure Seoul of its commitment to South Korea\u2019s defense. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/01\/how-domestic-politics-and-geopolitics-influence-south-koreas-nuclear-calculus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remarked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> early this year about South Korea developing its own nuclear weapons before the two countries committed to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/04\/26\/washington-declaration-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Declaration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting the deadline to finalize guidelines for a joint nuclear strategy before the U.S. presidential elections in Nov. 2024 suggests Washington and Seoul intend to establish a defense framework resilient to potential shifts in U.S. foreign policy, which could arise if Donald Trump returns to office.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. and the ROK agreed Friday to finalize guidelines for a joint nuclear strategy by mid-2024, according to South Korea\u2019s principal deputy national security adviser Kim Tae-hyo. This decision was taken during the second Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) meeting at the Pentagon. The guidelines will cover sharing sensitive nuclear information, security system establishment, nuclear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2203154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[26,28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Washington and Seoul rush to cement nuclear pact before 2024 US elections - KOREA PRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/12\/washington-and-seoul-rush-to-cement-nuclear-pact-before-2024-us-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington and Seoul rush to cement nuclear pact before 2024 US elections - KOREA PRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. and the ROK agreed Friday to finalize guidelines for a joint nuclear strategy by mid-2024, according to South Korea\u2019s principal deputy national security adviser Kim Tae-hyo. 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