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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's delegation to Korea-US policy consultations visiting the United States visited the White House and delivered a personal letter from President-elect Yoon.
The delegation said that they discussed strengthening the ROK-U.S. alliance and holding the summit early, and also discussed the deployment of strategic assets.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won reports from New York.
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The delegation of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's Korea-U.S. policy consultation visited the White House on the third day of his visit to the United States.
The delegation said that they had a 40-minute interview with White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and said that strengthening the ROK-U.S. alliance was the core of the new government's foreign policy.
He also said that he delivered a letter from President-elect Yoon on the development of the ROK-US alliance.
[Park Jin/Yun Seok-yeol, president of the elected Korea-U.S. Policy Consultation delegation: (Aide Sullivan) said, 'I was able to confirm the unwavering will of the elected president to strengthen the Korea-US alliance' The
delegation also said that they shared the perception that North Korea's nuclear and missile development is a threat to security in the region, including the Korean Peninsula, and that they discussed the ROK-US combined defense posture and strengthening extended deterrence capabilities.
He also said that security comes from strong deterrence and that they discussed the deployment of strategic assets.
[Park Jin/Yun Seok-yeol, president-elected delegation of the Korea-U.S. Policy Council: Strategic asset deployment is an important factor in strengthening expansion deterrence.
In that sense, it can be considered that Korea and the United States have negotiated today.]
Director-General Park Jin said that President Biden and President-elect Yoon are firm in their will to strengthen the ROK-US alliance, and they also exchanged opinions about holding the Korea-US summit earlier.