Washington Declaration Background, Content Evaluation and Task

Eunsook Chung

chunges@sejong.org​

Emeritus Senior Fellow

The Sejong Institute

The importance of South Korea-U.S. security cooperation was also emphasized in the Joint Statement, but the two leaders adopted a separate 'Washington Declaration' on the same day (4.26) to strengthen the U.S. expansion and deterrence against North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats. This paper briefly examines the direct and indirect background of the adoption of the Washington Declaration, including conventional as well as nuclear power, the content of the U.Ss' strengthening of extended deterrence against Korea, and the evaluation and future tasks of the Washington Declaration.