SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with South Korea’s foreign minister, Cho Hyun, on Friday in Washington, and they discussed burden sharing and fair trade ahead of a planned summit between the two countries, the U.S. Department of State said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae […]
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SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with South Korea’s foreign minister, Cho Hyun, on Friday in Washington, and they discussed burden sharing and fair trade ahead of a planned summit between the two countries, the U.S. Department of State said on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet in Washington for a summit on Monday.
Rubio and Cho discussed ways to advance the alliance between the two countries “centered on a forward-looking agenda that enhances deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, increases our collective burden sharing, helps to revitalize American manufacturing, and restores fairness and reciprocity in our trade relationship,” according to the State Department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Tommy Pigott.
(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Leslie Adler)