Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president, worried about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which in recent months has worsened due to Pyongyang's missile launches and nuclear tests, conducted in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, has called on Washington to a constructive political dialogue with Pyongyang, in view of his meeting with the President of the United States Donald Trump, which will take place in Seoul on 7 and 8 November, on the sidelines of the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) , instead, scheduled for 12 and 13 November.
Anticipate the visit of President Donald Trump to South Korea, today's one by Jim Mattis, US Secretary of Defense. Mattis' visit coincides with a further regional mobilization of strategic military assets by the United States: the deployment on Pacific waters of three aircraft carriers - the Uss Nimitz, the Uss Ronald Reagan and the Uss Theodore Roosevelt. For ten years now and for the first time, the US has deployed three nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and their respective battle groups in the peaceful, also mobilizing long-range bombers and stealth fighter-bombers in South Korean territory in view of the trip to the country of President Donald Trump .
Also in South Korea is the US Joint Chief of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, who in Seoul will meet with the South Korean military leaders to "examine the strategies, plans and measures necessary to deter any aggression by North Korea".