US Confirms Never Wants War on the Korean Peninsula

US Defense Secretary James Mattis re-affirmed to the world that the US does not want to start a war on the Korean Peninsula.

The statement was made by Mattis during a visit to the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Panmunjom village, South Korea, on Friday (27/10/2017).

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Mattis, repeating Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson's remarks, said the United States wanted the loss of all nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.

The US also hopes that Kim Jong Un's government can stop the provocative and threatening catastrophe around the world.

"As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has pointed out, our goal is not war."

"But rather to complete the nuclear abolition forever from the Korean peninsula," said Mattis told The Telegraph.

Accompanied by South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo, Mattis saw how different North Korea and South Korea were from the border region.

According to Mattis, South Korea is more excited about its growing democracy and free society.

While North Korea is under pressure from the government that has curbed its inhabitants.

Meanwhile, Song Young-moo believes North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles are weapons that will never be used.

"If used, it must deal with a strong counterattack of combined South Korean and US forces," he said.

Song Young-moo added that South Korea wants to invite North Korea back to bilateral discussions in order to reduce the tension between the two.

The arrival of the US Defense Secretary to the demilitarized zone of Korea was also linked to the planned arrival of President Donald Trump scheduled for early next month.