Seoul says that there is no conversation with us on a potential trup pullout
The South Korean Ministry of Defense said on Friday that there was no conversation with Washington on pulling American troops from South, after a Wall Street Journal report claimed that Washington was considering partial return.Citing US defense officials, the WSJ report stated that Washington is considering whether about 4,500 soldiers from South Korea have to be transferred and deploy them to other places including Guam. Washington, South Korea’s prolonged major security colleagues, about 28,500 soldiers in the south to help save it against nuclear-head North Korea.But US President Donald Trump said last year – before winning the election – that if he returned to the White House, Seoul would pay more billions annually to host American soldiers.When asked about the WSJ report, Seoul’s Ministry of Defense said: “There has been no discussion between South Korea and the United States about the return of the United States Korea”.The Allies signed a new five -year agreement last year on sharing the cost of deploying American troops in South Korea, with Seoul agreed to increase their contribution to win 2026 to 1.52 trillion ($ 1.1 billion) for 2026.The Defense Ministry of Seoul said, “American forces have served as a major component of the South Korea-US alliance, which maintains a strong joint defense currency with our army to prevent North Korean aggression and provocation, said,” Seoul’s Defense said, “Siol’s Defense said,” Korean Pennown and the region contributed to peace and stability. ““We will continue to cooperate with America to pursue this role.”The United States Force Korea refused to comment on contact by AFP, saying that any comment on the matter should come from Washington.
