S. Korean, U.S. officials to meet in Seoul ahead of defense cost sharing negotiations
- 5 years ago
Officials from South Korea and U.S. are due to meet in Seoul for talks over sharing the defense cost of American troops stationed on the peninsula.
According to a diplomatic source,... Chang Won-sam from Seoul's foreign ministry and his U.S. counterpart Timothy Betts will sit down on Tuesday.
The two officials were the chief negotiators of the previous talks on the 10th Special Measures Agreement - a defense cost sharing deal signed in March for keeping the roughly 28-thousand U.S. troops stationed in the South.
They plan to exchange views on the 11th S-M-A negotiations... that will be launched soon.
According to a diplomatic source,... Chang Won-sam from Seoul's foreign ministry and his U.S. counterpart Timothy Betts will sit down on Tuesday.
The two officials were the chief negotiators of the previous talks on the 10th Special Measures Agreement - a defense cost sharing deal signed in March for keeping the roughly 28-thousand U.S. troops stationed in the South.
They plan to exchange views on the 11th S-M-A negotiations... that will be launched soon.