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Defense cost-sharing deal between Seoul and Washington likely to be made soon
Posted : 2021-02-18 16:28
Updated : 2021-02-18 16:52
Jeong Eun-bo, South Korea s top negotiator in defense cost-sharing talks with the United States, holds video talks with his U.S. counterpart, Donna Welton, at the foreign ministry in Seoul, Feb. 5. Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
By Jung Da-min
Expectations are rising in diplomatic circles that Seoul and Washington will soon reach an agreement in their long-stalemated defense cost-sharing talks.
These are based on the fact that the new U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged to strengthen their alliance and resolve related issues, including defense costs, and that the U.S. and Japan reached an agreement over their cost-sharing deal, Wednesday.