President Joe Biden has warned that a North Korean nuclear attack would result in the end of whichever regime launched the action.

‘Look, a nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies or partners is unacceptable and will result in the end of whatever regime were to take such an action,’ Biden said in a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday.

Biden’s warning came as he and Yoon announced the Washington Declaration, an agreement aimed at deterring nuclear aggression from North Korea.

‘What the declaration means is we’re going to make every effort to consult with our allies when it’s appropriate if any action is so called for,’ he said.

Biden called the new alliance with South Korea ‘ironclad’.

‘The alliance formed in war and has flourished in peace,’ said Biden from the White House’s Rose Garden.

‘Our mutual defense treaty is ironclad and that includes our commitment to extend a deterrence – and that includes the nuclear threat, the nuclear deterrent.’

Biden cited North Korea’s ‘increased threats and the blatant violation of US sanctions’ in highlighting the important timing of the alliance.

The agreement comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, especially over the past year. North Korea has launched about 100 missiles since the beginning of 2022.

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