US-Korea Director-General Level Meeting, Review of Progress on Summit Agreement Implementation

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] South Korean and U.S. diplomatic authorities reviewed the agreements from the May Korea-U.S. summit and discussed cooperation linking South Korea's New Southern Policy and the U.S.'s Indo-Pacific strategy.

Ko Yoon-joo, Director General of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mark Lambert, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, held the 3rd Bilateral Policy Dialogue (BPD) on the 14th (local time) at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu, U.S., where they discussed bilateral issues including high-level exchanges and alliance matters, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 15th.

At the meeting, they reviewed progress on political, economic, health, and science and technology cooperation agreed upon at the summit and evaluated advancements in health cooperation, including COVID-19.

Both sides discussed cooperation linking the South Korean government's New Southern Policy and the U.S.'s Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy, emphasizing the importance of 'ASEAN centrality.' They also discussed various issues such as cooperation with Latin America and climate change.

The New Southern Policy is a pillar of the Moon Jae-in administration's 'New Economic Map of the Korean Peninsula' initiative, aiming to expand exchanges with southern countries such as ASEAN and India.

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