; and (B) accounting for and repatriating the citizens of other countries abducted or unlawfully held captive, releasing political prisoners including those in political prison camps, and accepting and abiding by internationally recognized standards for the distribution and monitoring of humanitarian aid. (14) A robust military posture, including regular training and exercises, by the United States, South Korea, and Japan, has contributed to peace and stability in Northeast Asia. (15) South Korea has contributed heavily to its own defense and to the defense of the United States military forces in South Korea, including by providing $10 billion of the $10.8 billion toward the Camp Humphreys project to build and relocate United States military forces to a new base in South Korea. (16) United States military forces, pursuant to international law, are lawfully deployed on the Korean Peninsula. (17) The nuclear and ballistic missile programs of North Korea are clear and consistent violations of international law. (18) The long-stated strategic objective of authoritarian states, such as China, Russia, and North Korea, has been the removal of United States military forces from the Korean Peninsula. (19) On September 18, 2018, the Pyongyang Declaration between President Moon of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea clarified that North Korea’s willingness to denuclearize was conditioned on unspecified United States or international concessions stating, The North expressed its willingness to continue to take additional measures, such as the permanent dismantlement of the nuclear facilities in Yeongbyeon, as the United States takes corresponding measures in accordance with the spirit of the June 12 U.S.–DPRK Joint Statement. . (20) On December 31, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–409 ), which states that— (A) it is the policy of the United States that the objective of negotiations with respect to the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of