韩国国防部发言人周四表示，不断变化将战时作战指挥权从美国移交的要求可能会使移交变得不可能。
South Korea's Defence Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that continually changing the requirements for transferring wartime operational control from the United States could make the handover impossible.
“以个人身份发言，我认为如果目标不断变化，战时作战指挥权永远无法移交，”发言人郑斌娜在例行记者会上表示。她表示，该评论并非国防部的官方立场，该立场仍然是首尔和华盛顿正在根据双方同意的基于条件的过渡计划密切合作。
"Speaking in a personal capacity, I think that if the goalposts keep moving, wartime operational control can never be transferred," spokesperson Jeong Bit-na told a regular She said the comment was not the ministry's official position, which remained that Seoul and Washington were working closely under their mutually agreed conditions-based transition plan.
她的言论是在美韩联军司令官泽维尔·布朗森上将的言论之后发表的，布朗森上将周三表示，自盟友制定移交要求以来，安全环境和作战计划已经发生变化。
Her remarks followed comments by US Forces Korea commander General Xavier Brunson, who on Wednesday said that the security environment and operational plans had changed since the allies established the transfer requirements.
“由于条件发生了变化，因为我们改变了计划，我们有了必须坚持的新标准，”布朗森上将在华盛顿由金融研究所国际战略中心举办的活动上表示。
"Because the conditions have changed, because we’ve changed our plan, we have new standards which we have to uphold," Brunson said at an event hosted by the Gold Institute for International Strategy in Washington.
他引用朝鲜最近的导弹发射作为安全环境变化的证据，表示他支持过渡，但反对绕过已商定的要求，并强调了关键军事能力的必要性。
He cited North Korea’s recent missile launches as evidence of the changing security environment, saying he supported the transition but opposed bypassing agreed requirements and stressing the need for critical military capabilities.
韩国媒体报道称，首尔倾向于将2028年作为移交的目标年份，而布朗森上将在4月对美国国会听证会表示，美军已提交一份路线图，旨在于2029年初前满足条件。
South Korean media have reported that Seoul favours 2028 as the target year for the transfer, while Brunson told a US congressional hearing in April that the US military had submitted a roadmap aimed at meeting the conditions by early 2029.
一些媒体援引军方消息人士的说法报道称，华盛顿认为首尔尚未达到完成全作战能力验证的标准——这是过渡过程三个阶段中的第二阶段。
Some media outlets, citing military sources, have also reported that Washington believes Seoul has not met the criteria for completing the Full Operational Capability verification, the second of three stages in the transition process.
韩国总统李在明表示，他希望在其五年任期于2030年结束前完成这一历届政府数十年一直在推进的移交。
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said he aims to complete the transfer, pursued by successive governments for decades, before his five-year term ends in 2030.
首尔于1994年恢复了战时作战指挥权，但盟军在战时的指挥权仍由美国领导的联合部队司令部掌握。
Seoul regained peacetime operational control in 1994, but command of allied forces during wartime remains with the US-led Combined Forces Command.