Seoul Affirms U.S. Investment Pledges, Intent to Help with Strait of Hormuz Free Passage
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Seoul affirms US investment pledges, intent to help with Strait of Hormuz free passage
South Korea will contribute to restoring free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Discussions also covered swift execution of South Korean investment commitments in the United States. Allies continue negotiations on implementing a trade agreement struck last year. Both sides agreed to keep working towards denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. They reinforced the importance of trilateral cooperation for regional security.
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met to discuss the resumption of North Korea-U.S. dialogue, but the U.S. side reportedly explained that "there has been no concrete progress so far." Minister Cho expressed his intention for South Korea to make a substantial contribution to restoring free passage in the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.
Top S. Korean, US diplomats discuss investment, Hormuz, N. Korea
WASHINGTON — The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held talks in Washington on Friday, as the two countries have been in talks over the Asian country's planned investment in the U.S., its potential efforts to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and diplomacy toward North Korea. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met at the State Department for their first bilateral talks since February, as the allies …
It has been suggested that an agreement regarding South Korea's investment in the U.S. could be announced in the wake of the South Korea-U.S. foreign ministers' meeting. Victor Cha, Korea Chair at the U.S. think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), conveyed this information at a CSIS-hosted seminar on the 17th (local time), stating, "Regarding the actual agreement itself, I thought an announcement would come out today, but…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = Speculation that an agreement regarding South Korean investment in the U.S. could be announced on the occasion of the South Korea-U.S. foreign ministers' meeting emerged on the 17th (local time)...
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