US President Donald Trump on Monday told South Korean president Washington was willing to approve the sale of weapons worth billions of dollars to Seoul after North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb.
President Trump gave approval to the concept of selling arms and military equipment worth billions of dollars from America to South Korea, the White House said without giving details of specific new contracts.
The US has sold nearly $ 5 billion worth of weapons to South Korea from 2010 to 2016, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
South Korea was the fourth largest US arms buyer in that period, after Saudi Arabia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
The two leaders emphasized the magnitude of North Korea's latest threat of provocation to the rest of the world, and they agreed to maximize pressure on North Korea in whatever way it was available, according to details of the telephone conversation.
US, South Korea Agree UN Sanctions More Firmly on North Korea
US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in resumed talks on Monday to discuss the North Korean issue.
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US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday agreed to lift rules restricting payloads on South Korean missiles and push for tougher UN sanctions against North Korea.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in also called on the UN to consider blocking oil shipments to North Korea, officials in Seoul told reporters.
United States this week will release a new draft resolution on North Korea and hope to hold a vote in the UN Security Council next Monday (11/9). US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said this Monday (4/9).
Trump also called Moon for 40 minutes on Monday, a day after North Korea did what it said was the latest test of thermonuclear weapons.
The two leaders discussed steps to respond to North Korea's sixth nuclear test, according to a statement issued by South Korean president Soo-hyun.
In another development, the Kremlin said Moon had also spoken on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who told the South Korean leader that the only way to resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula was through diplomacy and negotiations.
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