04.27.18

Senator Sullivan Statement on North and South Korea Summit

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the summit between leaders of North and South Korea:

“The dramatic news coming from the Korean Peninsula has certainly captured the attention of the United States and the world.  The Trump administration’s diplomatic efforts – the U.S.-led maximum pressure campaign and sanctions placed upon North Korea by the UN Security Council –  is clearly having a significant impact. While there is much more work to be done, I continue to be hopeful but cautious about what can happen.

“Moving forward, it is very important to keep in mind that the North Korean leadership regime has never abided by any previous international agreement it has committed to. It is imperative that the United States reject any attempts to remove U.S troops from the Korean Peninsula as part of the upcoming negotiations between President Trump and Kim Jong Un.

“American forces on the Korean Peninsula and in the broader Asia Pacific have been the linchpin of security and prosperity in the region for decades. North Korea, China and Russia have made it their goal to remove these U.S. forces. This must be a non-negotiable item. We must not trade lawfully-deployed troops on the Korean Peninsula for unlawfully-obtained nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.”

 

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