Senior diplomats from South Korea and the United States will hold bilateral talks on energy security and clean energy transition in Houston, Texas, next week, the State Department said Wednesday.
South Korea’s Deputy Foreign Minister for economic affairs Kim Hee-sang and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt will lead the 10th Energy Security Dialogue (ESD) set to take place from Tuesday to May 1.
ESD will cover the “full scope” of energy security and energy transition priorities, the department said.
“This includes collaboration on de-carbonization efforts and clean energy cooperation, securing and diversifying critical mineral supply chains, including … American LNG exports, and the role of the private sector in combating climate change,” it said in a media note.
In addition, officials will discuss support for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the wake of an escalation in Russian attacks on Ukraine.
For the first time, both delegations plan to join a number of public-private meetings with senior Korean and U.S. company executives and others to better understand how government policies can help accelerate investment in critical mineral supply chains, offshore wind deployment, and the clean hydrogen sector, according to the department.
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