The top US diplomat for East Asia met with South Korean officials Thursday to discuss North Korea, the bilateral alliance, and joint efforts to build resilient global supply chains.

Daniel Kritenbrink and his South Korean counterpart Yeo Seung-bae reaffirmed the robust South Korea-US alliance as the linchpin of peace and stability in the northeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.

They agreed to expand bilateral cooperation on climate change, COVID-19 response, and supply chains, agreed on the need to “stably manage the situation on the Korean Peninsula”, and discussed ways to resume the dialogue with Pyongyang as soon as possible.

Source: VOV5