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\nThe US and South Korea on Saturday vowed to strengthen their alliance through defence cooperation to fight the threats posed by North Korea with President Donald Trump giving a \u201cconceptual approval\u201d to sell Seoul American military equipment worth billions of dollars.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, North Korea fired a missile over Japan, prompting Trump to insist that \u201call options were on the table\u201d in an implied threat of pre-emptive military action.<\/p>\n
Trump in a phone call with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in discussed a coordinated response to deal with the \u201cdestabilising and escalatory behavior\u201d of North Korea, the White House said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump and Moon pledged to continue to apply strong diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea and to make all necessary preparations to deter and defend against the growing threat posed by North Korea,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The two leaders agreed to strengthen the alliance through defence cooperation and to strengthen South Korea\u2019s defence capabilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump provided his conceptual approval of planned purchases by South Korea of billions of dollars in American military equipment,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n
In a separate call, Trump spoke with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan to discuss the two countries\u2019 25-year relationship and his recently announced South Asia strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump expressed appreciation for Kazakhstan\u2019s regional and global leadership, including its upcoming tenure as Chair of the United Nations Security Council in January, and congratulated President Nazarbayev on hosting the Astana Expo 2017,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n
Trump also spoke with President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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