国际英语资讯:Roundup: S.Korea, U.S. agree not to conduct joint war games during 2018 Winter Olympics_时事

国际英语资讯:Roundup: S.Korea, U.S. agree not to conduct joint war games during 2018 Winter Olympics

SEOUL, Jan. 4 -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed not to conduct the joint war games between Seoul and Washington during the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympic Games slated to kick off in February, Moon's office said Thursday.

Moon and Trump had a telephone conversation for about 30 minutes earlier in the day, discussing issues of mutual concern relating to the possible inter-Korean talks created by taking the opportunity for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the Blue House, the presidential palace.

During the talks, the two presidents agreed not to carry out the springtime South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, codenamed "Key Resolve and Foal Eagle", during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

The annual war games, which tended to kick off in mid-March and last by the end of April, could coincide with the 2018 Winter Olympics scheduled to run from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25 and the Winter Paralympic Games from March 9 to March 18.

President Moon said last month that he had proposed to the U.S. side to postpone the joint war games to successfully host the winter sports event.

The agreement to delay the South Korea-U.S. war games came amid rising signs of a thaw between the two Koreas, caused by the peace overture which Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), made in his New Year's Day address.