Cho Hyun Says Government Not Notified in Advance of Trump's Remarks on Scaling Back Joint Drills

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun stated today (19th) that the government was not notified in advance of U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks, including the scaling back of South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises.

Attending the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee today, Minister Cho made the remarks, saying, "The contents recently disclosed by President Trump on Truth Social were not known in advance at all by our government, nor by officials within the U.S. government."

Regarding the reduction of joint exercises, he noted, "I understand that Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back has been in close consultations with the U.S. side since the content appeared on Truth Social." He added, "Because our minister has been consulting together, I do not think it was a unilateral notification from the U.S. side."
 
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