S. Korea, US hold high-level diplomatic talks on N. Korea, alliance
Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, June 7. Yonhap
Senior government officials of South Korea and the United States had talks here Tuesday on North Korea and pending alliance issues, two weeks after their presidents agreed during a Seoul summit to upgrade Seoul-Washington ties to a "Global Comprehensive Strategic Alliance."
The meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman came a couple of days after the North fired eight short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into the East Sea. This was their first face-to-face consultation since the inauguration of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration.
The two plan to meet again in Seoul, Wednesday, in a trilateral session involving their Japanese counterpart Takeo Mori. The previous gathering of the regional powers' No. 2 diplomats took place in Washington, D.C., in November last year. (Yonhap)