Iran Says Has Options if Nuclear Deal Fails
Reuters
Iran wants all parties to stick to an international nuclear deal but has options if that does not happen, its foreign minister said on Thursday after the U.S. election victory of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull out of the pact. "Of course Iran's options are not limited but our hope and our desire and our preference is for the full implementation of the nuclear agreement, which is not bilateral for one side to be able to scrap," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
US Moves Forward After Election
World Nuclear News
As heads of state and business leaders react to US President-elect Donald Trump's victory, the implications of the new administration for nuclear programs in the USA and overseas are still to emerge.
Military Holds Policy Assessment Meeting After Trump's Surprise Win
Yonhap News
South Korea's military held an emergency meeting on Thursday to assess the possible impact of the Donald Trump presidency on its decades-old alliance with the United States that has been critical in maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula. At the meeting, civilian leaders and the military's top brass reviewed potential U.S. defense policy changes that may occur between Washington and its Asian ally. Rep. Kim Young-woo, a ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker who heads the National Defense Committee in parliament, Defense Minister Han Min-koo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin attended the meeting, the ministry said.
Japan's PM Abe to Meet Trump Next Week, Pitch Importance of Alliance
Takashi Umekawa and Linda Sieg | Reuters
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will seek to establish good personal ties and pitch the importance of the bilateral security alliance when he meets U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York next week, officials said on Thursday. A Japanese government official said the pair had already talked by telephone and confirmed close cooperation, stressing the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance in the Asia-Pacific
S. Korea, Japan Make Progress in Talks on Military Intel Pact
Yonhap News
South Korea and Japan made progress Wednesday in negotiations on a bilateral pact to share military intelligence on North Korea, Seoul officials said. "The two sides have thoroughly reviewed the wording of the pact and found a consensus on major terms," the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement after a second round of working-level talks at the ministry's headquarters in Seoul. They will continue to consult to arrange the next meeting, the ministry said, expressing hopes that they would finalize the pact's wording soon.
Vietnam Scraps Plans For Its First Nuclear Power Plants
Associated Press
Vietnam's government is scrapping plans to construct the country's first two nuclear power plants, citing slowing demand for electricity and the declining price of other sources of energy, state media reported Thursday. The state-controlled Tuoi Tre newspaper said the lawmaking National Assembly will ratify the government decision later this month.