Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Georgy Zinoviev, announced that a new crisis is approaching on the Korean Peninsula, despite the increasing tension in relations between North Korea, South Korea and the USA. The statement was made by a diplomat. TASS On the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
“Since last year, we have been observing an increase in military activities in the subregion from the latter (USA, South Korea and Japan – socialbites.ca),” Zinoviev said.
He pointed to large-scale military exercises and the buildup of U.S. strategic capabilities around the Korean Peninsula as examples of this increase in activities.
To South Korea on July 24 reached US nuclear submarine USS Annapolis. In North Korea on July 20 in the name The entry of such a submarine into South Korean ports would be a reason for the use of nuclear weapons. In response in Seoul statedHe said the use of nuclear weapons would mean the end of North Korea’s existence.
August 15, North Korean Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam statedThat nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula is inevitable.
September 8 North Korea downloaded A submarine equipped with tactical nuclear weapons was launched into the water.
Formerly North Korea spent Exercises simulating a nuclear attack on South Korea.