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Two resolutions were adopted in the United States House of Representatives that reaffirm the importance of the alliance between the United States and Korea. House Foreign Affairs Speaker Elliott Engel stressed that Korea is a key pillar of US policy in Northeast Asia. Reporter Lee Jo-eun reports.
The United States House of Representatives held a plenary session on the 18th and passed two resolutions of the United States-Korea alliance by oral vote.
A resolution commemorating the historic transition of the United States-Korea alliance, initiated by the Asia-Pacific subcommittee of the House Foreign Relations Committee of the Democratic Party, and a resolution emphasizing the importance of contributing to the United States-Korea alliance. and Korean-Americans led by Democratic Congressman Tom Suoji.
Democratic Party Foreign Affairs Chairman Elliott Engel stressed that “Korea is a key pillar of US foreign policy in Northeast Asia” ahead of the vote.
“The United States-Korea alliance is based on a commitment to common interests, human rights, good governance, and other democratic values. It plays an important role in promoting international peace and security, prosperity, the state of right and freedom inside and outside the region. I have done it. “
Representative Vera’s resolution began in June and was approved by the diplomatic committee in October with the intention of recalling the significance of the alliance between the United States and Korea in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War this year.
The resolution stated that after the Korean War, the United States-Korea alliance has morphed into a mutually beneficial global partnership.
He also stressed that the US-Korea alliance “continues to play an important role in ensuring peace and security in Asia and around the world, including security against the threats posed by its repeated provocations with North Korea.”
Another resolution initiated by Representative Suoji, who is based in the Korean-American district of New York State, was approved by the diplomatic committee in October with the resolution of Representative Vera.
On this day, the two resolutions were adopted in the form of a new provision on the Special Defense Expenditure Contribution Agreement (SMA), which is currently struggling to conclude.
Congressman Vera’s resolution urged the United States and South Korea to “reach a mutually acceptable agreement” with the ongoing SMA negotiations underway.
Representative Suoji’s resolution called for “strengthening diplomatic, economic and security relations between the United States and Korea through the signing of multi-year SMAs that can be mutually agreed upon.”
Congressman Vera said the day that “the relationship with Korea is lasting.” This relationship is based on “shared values and human exchanges, a vibrant Korean-American community in the United States, Americans living in Korea, and economic relationships.”
[녹취:베라 의원] “Our ties with the Republic of Korea are enduring …”“Korea remains America’s most important strategic and economic partner in the Indo-Pacific region,” said Ted Yoho, the so-called Republican Party Secretary of the Asia-Pacific Committee on Foreign Relations.
[녹취:요호 의원] “South Korea is still one of the most important …”“The US-Korea alliance focuses largely on the common concern that North Korea has nuclear weapons, while also cooperating in areas such as democracy, global health and the fight against terrorism.”
Meanwhile, Republican Senator James Rankford’s resolution, which began with Senator Suoji, was previously adopted by the Senate plenary in January.
A similar resolution, initiated by Republican Senator Corey Gardner at the same time as Vera’s resolution, is currently pending in the diplomatic committee.
This is the news from VOA, Lee Jo-eun.
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