SEOUL – The continued build-up of a "non-regional" military presence in Northeast Asia and nuclear forces in South Korea is "unacceptable," a high-ranking member of the Russian government said on Wednesday.
The comments follow months of increased tensions between North and South Korea, frequent U.S.-led military exercises in or around the Korean Peninsula, and a U.S. nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile test.
SEOUL – The continued build-up of a "non-regional" military presence in Northeast Asia and nuclear forces in South Korea is "unacceptable," a high-ranking member of the Russian government said on Wednesday.
The comments follow months of increased tensions between North and South Korea, frequent U.S.-led military exercises in or around the Korean Peninsula, and a U.S. nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile test.
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