The US and South Korea affirmed that they are united in dealing with all threats and will coordinate more actively to deter any provocations.
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| South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (second from left) and US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell (far right) at a working breakfast in Washington on February 29. (Source: Yonhap) |
On February 29, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, who is visiting the United States, had breakfast talks with the host country's Deputy Foreign Minister Kurt Campbell.
Yonhap reported that at the meeting, the two sides expressed deep concern over North Korea's description of inter-Korean relations as those between two hostile warring states, as well as any potential unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the West Sea.
Officials from both countries assessed that Seoul and Washington are uniting to deal with all threats, and agreed to coordinate more actively to deter any provocations.
In addition, the two sides also discussed military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, including Moscow's use of missiles produced by Pyongyang to attack Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Cho proposed that the two sides further develop bilateral cooperation between the US and South Korea and trilateral cooperation between the US, Japan and South Korea in 2024, and asked Deputy Secretary Campbell to play an active role.
Mr. Campbell served as the Indo-Pacific Regional Coordinator on the White House National Security Council.
For his part, affirming that he highly values US-Korea and US-Japan-Korea cooperation, Mr. Campbell expressed his hope that Seoul will play a greater role in the international arena given the current position and capacity of the Northeast Asian country, affirming that the US is ready to actively support this process.
During the meeting, Mr. Cho suggested that the US side pay attention to ensuring that Korean enterprises enjoy incentives commensurate with the scale of their investment in the US during the process of Washington implementing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Chip and Science Act.
The two sides also discussed strengthening cooperation in economic security, information, and high technology, including artificial intelligence (AI).
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