China News Service, August 4th. According to Korea Radio International, on the 3rd local time, the US Department of Defense stated that all matters concerning the US-South Korea joint military exercise will be decided through close consultations between the two sides. There is no request to cancel the joint military exercise.
According to reports, US Department of Defense spokesman John Bryant answered questions about the South Korean-US joint military exercise at a press conference that day, saying that all decisions on the exercise and the situation will be made through close consultation between the two parties.
Kobe said that there has been no change in the proper holding of exercises and maintaining the position of responding to the situation. All efforts made are to respond to threats, and the United States and South Korea maintain close cooperation in this regard.
According to reports, South Korea and the United States are still negotiating on the implementation of joint military exercises as planned. The two sides plan to hold a rehearsal crisis management staff training (CMST) from August 10th to 13th, and the second half of the year from 16th to 26th. The command post exercise (21-2 CCPT) is currently preparing for this, but the scale and method of the military exercise will be partially adjusted according to the epidemic situation.