China and Taiwan are however on everyone’s minds.
Earlier this month, CIA Director William Burns said Beijing was watching “closely” the Russian invasion of Ukraine and would draw lessons from “the costs and consequences” of a forceful takeover of the CIA. Taiwan island.
The White House said that in the first leg of his tour, Biden will visit US and South Korean troops, but will not make the traditional presidential trip to the fortified border, known as the DMZ, between the two Koreas.
nuclear test threat
The Biden administration declared several times, to no avail, that it was willing to engage in dialogue with North Korea, despite the fact that the country has conducted several missile tests since the beginning of the year.
Seoul and Washington expect Pyongyang to resume its nuclear tests imminently, having carried out six between 2006 and 2017.
According to US intelligence services, there is a “real possibility” that North Korea seeks to organize a “provocation” after Biden’s arrival in Seoul on Friday.
This could mean “new missile tests, long-range missile tests or a nuclear test, or two” before, during or after Biden’s tour of the region, Sullivan said.
“We know what we will do to respond. We have communicated not only with our allies, but also with China,” he added. Although he denied that such an event would be seen as a diplomatic setback for the president. “This would highlight one of the main messages that we send during this trip, which is that the United States is there for its allies and partners.”