Park Jin Delivers Congratulatory Speech at Princeton University, USA: "Syngman Rhee's Experience Laid the Foundation for the ROK-US Alliance"

Foreign Minister Park Jin once again highlighted the achievements of the Korea-US alliance at the '70th Anniversary Seminar of the Korea-US Alliance.'

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According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 20th, Minister Park delivered this message in a video congratulatory speech at a seminar co-hosted with the Korea Society at Princeton University's Lee Seung-man Hall on the 19th (local time), marking the 70th anniversary of the Korea-US alliance and the 120th anniversary of Korean immigration to the Americas.

In his congratulatory speech, Minister Park said that the education and experience at Princeton University, where former President Lee Seung-man earned his doctorate, likely laid the foundation for the later conclusion of the Korea-US alliance.

He then referred to the achievements of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to the US last month, evaluating that the establishment of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) and the announcement of the 'Washington Declaration,' which includes strengthening extended deterrence against North Korea, have further reinforced security cooperation within the Korea-US alliance.

He also emphasized that the Korea-US leaders confirmed the expansion of the alliance’s scope to include cyber and space, the strengthening of economic security, and the continuation of human exchange and educational cooperation.

Minister Park stated that the Korea-US alliance is an alliance sharing universal values such as freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, and conveyed that the Korean government is striving to uphold the rule-based order in the Indo-Pacific region and worldwide under the vision of becoming a Global Pivot State (GPS).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "This seminar is evaluated as having raised interest in the achievements of our president’s state visit to the US among various circles in the US, and enhanced interest and understanding among diverse groups in the US regarding the history and future of the Korea-US alliance, former President Lee Seung-man’s efforts to establish the alliance, and the contributions and roles of the Korean community in the development of the Korea-US alliance and bilateral relations."

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