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
push us back. president putin went on to say. for more on this, we canjoin my colleague vitaly shevchenko who has been much of that news conference. we will go on to some of the other that president putin has been saying in a moment. what we just cut to was the president taking a question from a member of the public who appear to be at home, that s something isn t it? ~ , , ., ., it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside of it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside of russia, - it? well, it might be unusualfor leaders outside of russia, but i it? well, it might be unusualfor. leaders outside of russia, but this is what vladimir putin has been doing for more than 20 years. he s been holding these 0 and a sessions called direct lines with members of the public, but the thing to remember is that very little is left unscripted during these events. whereas vladimir putin has taken difficult questions now and again,
rather strongly. there was a statement while he was in washington on taiwan. the chinese government has demolished the south korean government over there so they are also angry with him because he really shows no interest in negotiating. he offered a plan for negotiation which was immediately rejected by the north and you seen the washington conference that there were no new initiatives on the diplomatic side so the chinese think he is with the opponent washington at this point. opponent washington at this oint. . , opponent washington at this oint. ., , ., opponent washington at this oint. ., , ., ., ~ point. and really do not like the government point. and really do not like the government and - point. and really do not like the government and south. point. and really do not like - the government and south korea at this the government and south korea at this time. do the government and south korea at this time- at this time. do you think that the chinese at this time. do y