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South Korea and the US have now reached a formal agreement on how to command the commander of the CFC after the return of wartime operational control to the United States. The agreement also shows that the work on the conversion of wartime operational control will be resilient. South Korea and the United States have also decided to delay the training of Vientiane Ace.

First news, is reporter Choi Jae-young from Washington.

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Defense Minister Chung Kyung - doo and Defense Secretary Mathis opened the 50th ROK - US Security Council meeting today (1 June) at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and signed a joint defense guideline.

The unified defense guideline included the commander of the ROK Armed Forces as commander of the ROK - US Allied Forces following the conversion of the wartime command.

It also included that the United States would not withdraw from the USFK even if it switched its wartime power, but would also maintain a CFC-style command structure and UNC.

[Chung Kyung-doo / Minister of National Defense: We laid the groundwork for stable and prompt transition to wartime operational control. (Conversion of wartime power) will be periodically assessed and checked to determine when to switch to specific wartime power.]

In addition, we decided to conduct basic operational evaluation, which is the first step to evaluate the wartime operational capability of the ROK military, from next year.

At this meeting, it is expected that the speed of conversion of the operation force will be a little bit faster because of the framework of the unified defense system after the transfer of wartime operational control.

Violent Ace, a US-ROK training association, decided to postpone the suspension.

[Mathis / US Secretary of Defense: To allow diplomatic efforts to continue by postponing military exercises on a good-for-nothing basis.]

However, the Ministry of National Defense is examining ways to reduce training and practice with South Korean troops alone.

The next round of large-scale union training, Kirioreb's training, will be completed by the 15th of this month and the final decision on whether to enforce it on the first of next month.