The ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting to be Held in Seoul on the 13th

The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 9th that Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will hold the 55th Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) between South Korea and the United States in Seoul on the 13th.

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Through this SCM, both sides plan to maintain and strengthen the momentum to develop the ROK-U.S. alliance, which has been further solidified through several ROK-U.S. summits and the Camp David trilateral summit among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan this year, into one of the world's strongest alliances.

They will also discuss future development plans for the ROK-U.S. alliance, including "extended deterrence together with the ROK and the U.S." as well as advancement into a "science and technology alliance."

In this context, the main agenda items will include ▲ assessment of the North Korean situation and coordination of policies toward North Korea ▲ enhancement of combined defense posture and extended deterrence capabilities ▲ defense science and technology and global defense industry cooperation ▲ ROK-U.S.-Japan security cooperation ▲ regional security cooperation.

Meanwhile, in connection with this SCM held to mark the 70th anniversary of the ROK-U.S. alliance, the defense ministers of South Korea and the U.S. will share a three-day schedule including ▲ a ROK-U.S. senior-level dinner on the 12th ▲ the SCM plenary session and the ROK-UN Security Council member defense ministers' meeting reception on the 13th ▲ and the ROK-UN Security Council member defense ministers' meeting on the 14th.

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