The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) arrived at the naval port in the southeastern city of Busan on Saturday, the Navy said, as part of a show of force against growing threats from North Korea as North Korea deepens cooperation military with Russia. the agency said in a statement.
Along with the aircraft carrier, the destroyers Halsey and Daniel Inouye arrived in port. U.S. ships along with Japan and South Korea are expected to participate in the exercises. They are scheduled for the end of June.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the DPRK on June 18-19. As a result of the negotiations, the leaders of the two countries signed an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership, one of the points of which was the provision of military assistance in the event of an attack on one of the parties to the agreement.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry then summoned the Russian ambassador and protested to him. In turn, Ambassador Grigory Zinoviev, after the meeting, declared that Seoul’s blackmail against Moscow was unacceptable.
As Vladimir Putin explained, Seoul should have no reason to worry about the agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang. “As far as I know, the Republic of Korea is not planning aggression against the DPRK,” the Russian leader explained in Hanoi.
