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The United States Secretary of State and the United States Secretary of Defense visiting Korea today visit the Blue House to meet with President Moon Jae-in. This is the first time President Moon has met with a secretary-level figure from the Biden administration, and it is noteworthy what kind of dialogue will come and go. Reporter Hong Seon-ki reports. On the second day of their visit to Korea, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin concluded a ‘2 + 2’ meeting to prevent President Moon Jae-in. These are the first ministerial figures that President Moon Jae-in has met since the inauguration of the US Biden administration. President Moon is expected to highlight the progress in US-North Korean relations made by the Trump administration in the past, namely the need to inherit the Singapore Declaration. The need to quickly establish a strategy toward North Korea already reached consensus in talks among the leaders last month. The US reaction is drawing attention when North Korean Vice President Kim Yeo-jeong issued a message condemning the ROK-US joint exercise ahead of the Secretary of State and Ministers visit. Defense Department to Korea. The two secretaries of state and defense are expected to convey the will to strengthen the alliance by emphasizing that since President Biden took office. In particular, there is a high possibility that pressure to improve relations between Korea and Japan, citing the need to strengthen the ROK-US alliance as well as the ROK-US-Japan alliance. . In addition, the possibility of appealing to participation in the ‘quad’, a security conference that the United States is making efforts to keep China under control, cannot be ruled out. The main concern of this meeting is whether there will be progress in the face-to-face summit that the will gathered at the United States-Korea summit. With rumors of the US-Japan summit to be released next month, there is a chance that Blincoln will deliver President Biden’s message on the ROK-US summit. Before and after the interview with President Moon, National Security Officer Seo Hoon also has individual interviews scheduled with United States Secretary of State Austin Blincoln. Like President Moon’s first meeting with a person from the Biden administration, the messages coming and going from this meeting are expected to be a measure of the direction of discussions on peace on the Korean Peninsula, as well as relations with The USA. YTN Hong Seon-ki[[email protected]]is.
