Explaining the reason for this extension, they claimed that the period beyond 2020 is the time meeting the conditions for the transfer as by that time the south Korean army will be capable of coping with the threat from north Korea.

What the U.S. seeks under the pretext of the non-existent "threat from north Korea" is a product of the U.S. strategy to contain China and Russia. Therefore, it comes under fire by the international community.

It was quite natural that U.S. experts on foreign policy, security and military affairs during the meeting censured the unreasonable extension of the transfer and became vocal facilitating the process for the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from south Korea.

As well known to everybody, in July 1950, the U.S. deprived south Korea of prerogative of command over the operations of the three services of the south Korean puppet army through the letter of Syngman Rhee on transferring the right to the U.S. forces.

In August 1953, the U.S forced the south Korean regime to conclude the U.S.-south Korea "mutual defense treaty", which stipulates that U.S. forces' presence in south Korea is not a duty but a right and all parts of south Korea can be used as U.S. military bases.

In November 1954, it was stipulated in the "agreement minutes", the follow-up agreement of the "mutual defense treaty", that the south Korean army is under the operational control of "UN Command" while it is responsible for defending south Korea, and thus the U.S. provided a legal foundation for maintaining the prerogative of command over the south Korean army for an indefinite period.

In the 2000s the above-said issue was brought into bolder relief and there was increasing likelihood of sparking off an anti-U.S. struggle. Consequently, the U.S. was compelled to agree on the matter of transferring the control to south Korea in April 2012.

Later the U.S. instigated the south Korean puppet regime to extend the transfer of the control by 2015. It has desperately worked to re-extend the transfer of the control by pushing the situation to the brink of a war and creating "security uneasiness" through various war drills targeted against the north.

The issue of extending the transfer of the control is not coordinated in a specific manner now that the timetable for the transfer has not been finally confirmed.

This clearly reveals the invariable sinister scenario of the U.S. to put under its control the DPRK and its neighboring big powers and Northeast Asia and the rest of the world in the end by persistently taking control over the south Korean puppet army.

The U.S. forces' presence in south Korea is very harmful now that the Cold War was over and the relations among countries in Northeast Asia dramatically changed.

The U.S. forces present in south Korea are the root cause of creating constant instability of the situation not only on the Korean peninsula but in the rest of Northeast Asia.

It is a wise attitude of the U.S. policy makers to make a bold decision to withdraw its forces from south Korea as early as possible.