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Korea, US to hold defense talks this week

By Yonhap

Published : Sept. 25, 2017 - 15:48

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South Korea and the United States will hold working-level defense talks in Seoul later this week on North Korea and pending alliance issues, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.

The two-day Korea-US Integrated Defense Dialogue meeting, the 12th of its kind, is to open Thursday at the ministry's building in Seoul.
 
This image representing South Korea-US defense talks was provided by Yonhap News TV. (Yonhap) This image representing South Korea-US defense talks was provided by Yonhap News TV. (Yonhap)

The two sides plan to discuss a range of security issues including policy coordination against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, Washington's commitment to extended deterrence and the transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean troops, added the ministry.

South Korea will be represented by Chang Kyung-soo, acting chief of the ministry's policy planning office. His American counterpart will be Roberta Shea, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense.

Launched in 2011, the biannual KIDD is a comprehensive defense meeting between the allies. (Yonhap)