South Korea and the United States will hold vice-ministerial talks in Washington next week on deterrence efforts against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday.
The fifth meeting of the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group (EDSCG) will take place Wednesday (local time), with a focus on assessing the progress on the allies’ efforts to deter North Korea’s military threats, the ministry said in a release.
The talks will also address ways to bolster coordination between the two countries to enhance the “extended deterrence” against the North in light of the current security landscape, the ministry said.
Extended deterrence refers to the U.S. commitment to mobilizing all of its military capabilities, including nuclear, to defend its ally.
The talks will be led by First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun; Cho Chang-rae, deputy defense minister for policy; Bonnie Jenkins, U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security; and Cara Abercrombie, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for policy.
In a media note, the U.S. State Department portrayed EDSCG as an “important alliance forum for comprehensive discussions on extended deterrence policy issues affecting the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific.”
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