Moon’s delay tactics on THAAD unlikely to impair Washington-Seoul alliance
2017-07-03 08:48:34 source：Global Times
July 2, 2017
South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited the US on June 28-29 as his maiden trip overseas since inauguration and met with his counterpart Donald Trump.
Moon's official trip to the US has garnered wide attention because it
will not only set the tone for the development of bilateral ties in the
future, but also act as a gauge of how important South Korea will be on
the global arena.
In an interview with the Washington Post
earlier, Moon said "getting the environmental-impact assessment does not
mean that we will cancel or reverse the decision to deploy the Terminal
High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system." Moon told CBS on the same day, "I believe that dialogue is necessary. We were unable to resolve the North Korean
nuclear issue through only sanctions and pressure." He stressed that
building a peaceful regime on the Korean Peninsula with Trump would be
the most fruitful achievement that the two could achieve during their
terms in office.
Therefore, the THAAD deployment remained a key topic during Moon's two-day tour to the US.
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