the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s defence and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of its submarines, armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us president to trigger the nuclear button on its behalf, but in return for these us commitmen
word. but make sure that they have influence in that region, in the waters. that is why the colour of the indo right? disband the influence that the us has not beaten in the waters as well, in the islands beyond asia. ii as well, in the islands beyond asia. ., ., ~ as well, in the islands beyond asia. ., ., ., asia. if we look at how china has reacted asia. if we look at how china has reacted to asia. if we look at how china has reacted to the asia. if we look at how china has reacted to the meeting l asia. if we look at how china i has reacted to the meeting that we saw here in washington this week, the accused but the us and south korea of deliberately stirring up tensions on the korean peninsula. to think this will inflame tensions further? in the make the chinese have not liked the president from the day he took office. he has taken a fairly hard line stance toward spacing on many issues and one of the has done recently as engage in the taiwan issue. past south korean presid
to practice defending an island from aggressors part of the largest military exercises the two allies have ever staged. this is about more than a show of arms. this is about washington building an arc of alliances across asia south korea, japan, the philippines, australia. the idea is to build a reliable coalition, just in case there s conflict with china. but some fear an increasing us presence will provoke the people s republic of china. we don t want a war with the prc. we do not want that, we do not desire that, we are not provoking that. a war with the prc is good for nobody, including the prc.