
U.S. Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth speaks throughout a press convention with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) referred to as in response to the deadly collision of a passenger airplane and a U.S. army helicopter final evening, on the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 30. EPA-Yonhap
South Korea’s performing Protection Minister Kim Seon-ho and new U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth held their first cellphone name Friday and reaffirmed the steadfast alliance between the 2 nations, Seoul’s protection ministry stated.
Within the cellphone dialog, each side concurred on the necessity to advance and deepen the extent and scope of their bilateral alliance, which has stood as a „linchpin“ for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and within the area over the previous 70 years, the ministry stated.
Hegseth reaffirmed the U.S. ironclad dedication to defending South Korea and vowed to intently cooperate with Seoul to cement the bilateral alliance, it added.
Noting North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats, the protection chiefs agreed that sustaining the alliance by means of their mixed protection posture is extra „necessary than ever“ to successfully deter and reply to such threats.
For such a goal, they agreed to proceed to keep up and advance their trilateral safety cooperation, additionally involving Japan, on the again of the South Korea-U.S. alliance.
The protection chiefs expressed issues over North Korea and Russia’s deepening army alignment, pledging to answer the worldwide safety risk along with the worldwide neighborhood.
Hegseth took workplace final week as the primary protection secretary within the second time period of U.S. President Donald Trump, who returned to the White Home earlier this month. (Yonhap)