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Mettis: South Korea are not going to leave

The issue of deployment of US troops on the Korean peninsula will not be the subject of negotiations on the US-North Korea summit, reports TASS statement of the head of the Pentagon James Mattis.

Мэттис: Южную Корею покидать не собираемся

Returning by plane from Singapore to Washington, Mattis told reporters, that the US military is not going to leave the Republic of Korea.

This question is not even a subject for negotiation (between the US and the DPRK leaders), Minister.

According to him, US troops on the Korean peninsula is for security reasons. maybe, five years go ten Administration will consider the issue, but his conviction will involve only two parties - the US and South Korea.

In Singapore, Mattis took part in the conference "Shangri-La Dialogue", on the problems of security of the Asia-Pacific region. The Pentagon chief told, that all the participants of the forum was supported by the United States activity, aiming at full, neobratimuyu, subject to verification of the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction on the territory of the DPRK.

The minister said, that negotiations with Pyongyang will not be easy, parties to be done "bumpy road" to an understanding. He called on conference participants to support the common position, to allow diplomats "calmly negotiate from positions of strength" in this difficult time.

                          
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