North Korea, Seoul and the US deploy 20 fighters “against provocations”

South Korea and the United States have deployed 20 fighters for a “joint show of force” after North Korea launched eight short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday. Four US F-16s and 16 South Korean aircraft – including F-35A, F-15K and Kf-16 – flew over the Yellow Sea during the maneuvers, according to what was announced by the Seoul military and reported by the Yonhap agency. “South Korea and the US have demonstrated their strong ability to strike quickly and – they reiterated – with precision in the event of North Korean provocations”. Read also The United States meanwhile warned North Korea: a “rapid and incisive” response in the event Pyongyang proceeds with a nuclear test. These are the words that came from the US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, after a meeting with her South Korean counterpart, Cho Hyun-dong, in Seoul. At the top of the agenda, the Yonhap agency reported, the missile launches carried out by North Korea over the weekend and the possibility of Pyongyang proceeding with what would be its seventh nuclear test, the first since 2017. “Any nuclear test. it would represent a complete violation of UN Security Council resolutions “, Sherman remarked, adding that there would be” a quick and effective response to such a test “. “The whole world would respond loudly and clearly – he pressed – We are ready”. Sherman also urged North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to focus on the commitment to tackle the coronavirus pandemic “instead” of moving forward with “actions. provocative, dangerous and destabilizing “. The United States” has no hostile intentions towards “Pyongyang, he reiterated. “We continue to urge you to put an end to the provocative and destabilizing activities and – he repeated – to choose the path of diplomacy”. Sherman and Cho are planning a trilateral for tomorrow with their Japanese counterpart, Takeo Mori.