Vice Overseas Minister Park Yoon-joo, proper, shakes fingers together with his U.S. counterpart, Allison Hooker, on the Ministry of Overseas Affairs in Seoul, Oct. 10, as they meet to debate the bilateral alliance and coordination over North Korea’s nuclear points forward of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit. Joint Press Corps
A senior U.S. State Division official has conveyed that she is going to work to make sure that follow-up measures from a joint summit doc with South Korea are absolutely carried out, Seoul’s overseas ministry mentioned Wednesday.
Allison Hooker, U.S. underneath secretary of state of political affairs, made the comment throughout her assembly with First Vice Overseas Minister Park Yoon-joo in Washington, as Park requested her to assist produce a “concrete and tangible” final result by way of the envisioned truth sheet working teams, the ministry mentioned in a launch.
“Vice Minister Park requested the underneath secretary to leverage her longstanding experience in South Korea-U.S. relations to assist generate concrete and tangible outcomes by way of the operation of sectoral working-level consultative our bodies,” it mentioned.
“In response, Beneath Secretary Hooker pledged to see to make sure the trustworthy implementation of follow-up measures,” the ministry mentioned.
At an earlier assembly with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, Park and his counterpart agreed to swiftly launch working teams for follow-up negotiations on the 2 latest leaders’ summits, which included Seoul’s push for nuclear-powered submarines and the pursuit of civil uranium enrichment and spent gasoline reprocessing rights.
Park additionally famous the U.S. announcement on the tariff discount for South Korea, as confirmed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and requested subsequent actions be taken by related U.S. businesses, such because the publication of the tariff change within the Federal Register.
The 2 sides additionally exchanged views on the latest scenario on the Korean Peninsula and agreed to take care of shut coordination on North Korea coverage, together with the area’s denuclearization and efforts to carry the North again to dialogue.
