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SCM of South Korea-USA That didn’t work
In a joint statement that was the result of the 52nd Security Council of the ROK-US. (SCM) held in Washington on 14 (local time) on 14 (local time), the defense ministers of the USA and the Republic of Korea exposed their disagreements on issues of the ROK-US military. Including the issue of transition from wartime operational control. The negotiating team of the Defense Ministry did not reach an agreement on a roadmap for OPCON’s transition within the Moon Jae-in administration. Instead, he returned with only the “work” requested by the US side, such as increasing the defense cost share, permanenting the THAAD base, securing a training ground for the USFK, and participating in a multilateral regional security system.
■ ‘Empty hands’ provided
Subtract ‘keep USFK number’
Esper increases the pressure of the American defense
Before the SCM, the Ministry of Defense urged the SCM promotion team, headed by the Brigadier General of the Reserve Army. This is because the head of the Defense Ministry’s policy department, which is in charge of the talks, is currently vacant. The International Policy Officer moved from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in the negotiations only 15 days before the talks. From the outset, concerns were raised about whether the Defense Ministry was preparing for the talks and practically abandoning agreements on important issues such as the transfer of OPCON and the distribution of defense costs.
At the MoD SCM preliminary briefing, the chief executive of the talks, the US chief (Army Colonel), avoided mentioning key topics such as the conversion of OPCON and introduced the 70th anniversary event of the Korea-US alliance As an important topic of the SCM. .
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper continued his remarks linking the US-Korea defense cost-sharing negotiations and the size of US forces in Korea. “We hope that we all agree on the need to reach a Special Agreement on Defense Contributions (SMA) as soon as possible to ensure the stable presence of US troops on the Korean Peninsula,” he said in All SCM Comments.
It is also interpreted to mean that it may be difficult to continue deploying USFK at its current scale if negotiations are not concluded quickly. The US side raised the pressure level by removing the phrase “maintain current USFK level” in the joint statement.
At the 45th Meeting of the Korea-US Military Committee. (MCM), which was held earlier, the joint heads of the two countries jointly assessed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific region and discussed cooperative measures to strengthen the combined defense and stability posture. of the alliance in the region. It is unusual for the ‘Indo-Pacific region’ to be discussed at a meeting where senior military personnel from both countries met. This appears to reflect the intention of the United States to incorporate Korea into the Chinese check structure. The United States has recently been strengthening the anti-China front with a ‘quad’ involving four countries, including Japan, India and Australia.
‘Joint name’ led by US.
Opportunity conversion also mentions ‘conditions’
If so, it is impossible within the government of the Moon.
I just hold my homework like THAAD
“Foreseen” in the rush of the promotion team
In a joint statement by the SCM, the United States and Korea confirmed that “before the OP is transferred to the future CFC, the conditions specified in OPCON’s conversion plan based on mutually agreed conditions must be sufficiently met.”
If these conditions are met, it is virtually impossible to convert OPCON until 2022, within the term of the Moon Jae-in administration. Korea proposed to the United States to clearly redefine the method of evaluation and verification of the conditions for the OPCON transition because it was complete and ambiguous, but it was not accepted.
Minister Esper demanded that the 2016 Crisis Management Agreement be updated before the end of the year. The phrase ’emergency in the United States’ is interpreted to be added to the phrase defining the scope of joint crisis management as ’emergency on the Korean peninsula’. This is an attempt to establish a base to demand the dispatch of Korean troops and equipment to US areas of military operations, such as the South China Sea.
Minister Esper stated in a joint statement that while he promised to provide complementary capabilities for the defense of the Korean peninsula, he noted in the first priority that it is necessary to understand the Korean procurement plan to determine the specific capacity (list) and the (shipping) period. This is expected to put pressure on the purchase of US-made weapons, as it has demanded more responsibility on the part of Korea while reducing the US cost burden for defending the Korean peninsula.
It was also stated in the joint statement that a long-term plan had been prepared to convert the THAAD base in Seongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, into a permanent base. This is the result of the United States request to convert the THAAD base, which is currently deployed for temporary operations, into a permanent base.
The US side vigorously demanded the guarantee of training conditions for US forces in Korea, and this was reflected in the joint statement. The US side has consistently demanded the guarantee of training grounds, including a multipurpose live field, for US forces in Korea.
The joint statement also included strong expressions emphasizing the role of the United Nations Command (UNC), which has expressed a negative position from the diplomatic and security dignitaries of the Moon Jae-in government, saying there is no genealogy.
