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The US is suspending major military drills with South Korea, the Pentagon says.
“Major military exercises have been suspended indefinitely on the Korean Peninsula,” a senior US official told AFP.
The remark follows a June 12 statement by US President Donald Trump, who announced that military drills with South Korea are inappropriate amid the negotiations on a denuclearization of North Korea.
Trump’s statement was made during a press conference after a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“The war games are very expensive, we pay for the majority of them,” Trump said adding that drills may be suspended.
